VA Ordered to Report to Congress on Burn Pits Registry Findings Congress has directed the Veterans Affairs Department to report on its burn pits registry early next year.
Vet Groups Hit Pentagon for Bid to Limit Veterans Preference Benefit Senate lawmakers and the DoD have picked a fight with a group they usually go out of their way not to offend: the nation's...
Lawmaker to Introduce Bill Criminalizing Military 'Revenge Porn' Rep. Speier plans to announce legislation that would make it a crime for service members to share nude photos without consent...
Trump Signs VA Accountability Act, Gives Pen to Double-Amputee President Trump signed the VA Accountability Act on Friday to give the VA more authority to fire poorly performing employees.
Vet Groups Hit Sanders Over Bill Negotiations Three veterans groups are chiding lawmakers for inserting a $17.6 billion supplemental veterans' budget request into...
House Panel Backs Troop Retirement Overhaul Despite Vets' Objections A panel in the House of Representatives voted to overhaul troop retirement benefits despite objections from members who...
Two Republican Congressmen Introduce Bill to 'Draft Our Daughters' Two House Republicans -- both opponents of opening up combat roles to women -- introduced a bill Thursday called "Draft...
Lawmakers Push to Restore Medical Marijuana Language to VA Bill A group of lawmakers are asking the House and Senate to restore the language to the Military Construction and Veterans...
Senators Want Special Visas for Afghans Who Helped US Military Senators from both sides of the aisle are seeking to expand the Special Immigrant Visa program for Afghans who worked for the...
Key Lawmaker Backs 2.4 Percent Troop Pay Raise in 2018 The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee on Monday backed a 2.4 percent military pay raise.
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...
Coast Guard Set to Receive New Icebreaker by Year's End, Bolstering US Presence in Arctic The need for ships with icebreaking capabilities is growing as China and Russia increase their presence in the Arctic...
Marine Corps F-35C Was Used in Combat for First Time to Strike Houthis, Military Confirms Traveling at speeds of 1,200 mph, the F-35C can carry Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs, air-to-air missiles and other...
Military Diversity Is Not the Problem "The main reason for concern about the U.S. military and its performance has to do with the variety of U.S. commitments and...
MacDill Airman Gets 5 Years Of Probation in 'Undead Apes' Blockchain Fraud U.S. District Judge William Jung sentenced Devin Rhoden to five years’ probation, a reflection of Rhoden’s substantial...
