Key Senator Presses DoD on Protecting Service Members from Medical Debt Sen. Elizabeth Warren pressed for answers on whether the DoD has implemented recommendations from a report produced by the...
Making Sure Vets Get PACT Act Benefits Is New House Veterans Affairs Chairman's Top Priority Rep. Mike Bost said he sees no signs that the VA is being overwhelmed, noting that the law also gave the department the...
Tensions Rise over House Investigation of Afghanistan Withdrawal as Panel Threatens Subpoena for Documents House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Mike McCaul said he would issue a subpoena to force the State Department to hand...
What Is an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF)? The Authorization for Use of Military Force is a joint resolution by Congress that gives the U.S. president the authority to...
Defense Budget Cuts Floated by GOP Could Hurt Troops, Pentagon Official Warns The budget fight is heating up after the Biden administration earlier this month released its $1.7 trillion budget plan for...
Next Step for Incentive Pay Boost for Guardsmen and Reservists Coming in 'Weeks,' Defense Official Vows At issue are 18 categories of incentive pay used to attract recruits or retain service members with specific skills or...
Nominee for Veterans Benefits Chief Hits Senate Speed Bump Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said he was placing a hold on Joshua Jacobs' nomination to be the VA's under secretary for...
Religious Groups Push to Cut Biggest Ever Pentagon Budget The call from 62 religious groups echoes years-long, unsuccessful efforts from progressive lawmakers to cut as much as $100...
'We Were Ignored': Veterans and Troops Detail Horrors of Afghanistan Evacuation as House Investigation Begins Service members and veterans who helped evacuate Afghans testified during the first hearing of the House Foreign Affairs...
Battle Lines Drawn in Congressional Debate over Cutting -- or Increasing -- $842 Billion Pentagon Budget Failure to come to an agreement on funding the Pentagon and the rest of the federal government could mean a government...
Trump Reportedly Weighs Immediate Discharge of All Transgender Troops. Here's What That Would Mean. The proposed plan, as first reported by the Times of London, would entail signing an order within days of Trump taking office...
The Best Amazon Black Friday Week 2024 Deals for Service Members, Veterans and Their Families America’s favorite shopping holiday isn’t just a single day, or even a weekend, anymore. Here’s how U.S. service members...
Overseas Troops to See Fewer Sweets, More Sweet Potatoes on Their Holiday Tables This Year For some unexplained reason, the Defense Logistics Agency is shipping 800% more sweet potatoes overseas than it did last...
For Soldiers at Fort Carson, Food Is Scarce As Americans gather for Thanksgiving feasts, soldiers at Fort Carson, Colorado, are contending with a far less festive...
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
