Office investigating disparities among veterans’ care is ‘liquidated’The closure hobbles efforts to investigate and eliminate long-standing racial inequities that the VA itself has acknowledged, ProPublica reports.By Vernal Coleman, ProPublica43 minutes ago
GOP senators eye legislative guardrails as VA prepares mass job cutsGOP Senate leaders said they are working with VA officials on ways to ensure that plans to cut 80,000 jobs don't dismantle department services.By Leo Shane III25 hours ago
Stopgap budget bill includes extra funds for military, VA programs The six-month budget bill must be approved by lawmakers before Friday night to avoid a partial government shutdown.By Leo Shane III2 days ago
What troops need to know about the basic pay raise in 2025All military members saw a significant pay raise in January 2025, but some troops will get even more this spring.By Leo Shane III6 days ago
What troops need to know about Basic Allowance for Housing in 2025The military’s housing stipend, known as the Basic Allowance for Housing, increased by an average of 5.4% per person in January 2025.By Karen Jowers6 days ago
VA to speed up health records system rollout, with new sites this yearA previous plan to deploy the controversial health records system to more VA hospitals in mid-2026 was short-sighted and slow, the new VA secretary said.By Leo Shane III6 days ago