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Report: Vets wait decades for help on military toxic exposure issues
Advocates are pushing for reforms after finding that vets average a three-decade wait for full help with toxic exposure conditions.
Nonprofit trains service dogs for veterans battling PTSD
Northwest Battle Buddies has paired 212 veterans with service dogs to help them cope with life beyond the battlefield.
By Dave Lubach
Veteran killed in Fargo police ambush remembered as ‘brave young man’
Fargo Police Officer Jake Wallin previously served in the Minnesota Army National Guard and was deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq.
Veteran who stormed Capitol with loaded pistol sentenced to prison
Christopher Michael Alberts was sentenced to seven years in prison, one of the longest among hundreds of Jan. 6 riot cases.
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press
Sailor killed at Pearl Harbor laid to rest in home state
Ensign Stanley W. Allen received a funeral with full military honors.
Republican senator blocks historic VA leadership nominee
Tanya Bradsher is in line to be the first woman confirmed to the Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary post.
Bill to protect veterans’ gun rights prompts heated debate in House
Republicans say reforms are needed to restore faith in VA systems. Democrats say the changes could cost lives.
Opinion
A battlefield approach to veteran care
The Veterans Access to Congress Act would require that VA facilities allow members of Congress to use office space to serve their veteran constituents.
By Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla.
VA lays groundwork for first major survey of moral injury in veterans
The VA is undertaking the first-ever large-scale population study of moral injury to be conducted among veterans of the post-9/11 wars.
By Hope Hodge Seck