Veterans affairs

U.S. 08/10/21, 03:24

Former governor Terry McAuliffe's gubernatorial campaign in Virginia requires all workers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to campaign manager Chris Bolling, making McCauliffe the first major political candidate to make vaccination mandatory. "'In the interest of public health and the safety and wellbeing of our team, Terry for Virginia ...

U.S. 11/28/19, 20:56

Since President Donald Trump ran for the 2016 elections, one of his goals was to improve the issues related to veterans' services. In March of this year, Trump signed an executive order known as the National Roadmap to Empowering Veterans and End Suicide. The mission is to support those soldiers in ...

Politics 08/21/19, 18:12

A directive signed Wednesday by President Donald Trump will wipe out hundreds of millions of dollars in federal student loan debt owed by tens of thousands of disabled military veterans. Trump ordered the Department of Education to "eliminate every penny of federal student loan debt" owed by fully and permanently disabled ...

U.S. 05/07/19, 12:53

A Bible on display at a memorial at New Hampshire's veterans hospital should be removed because it is a violation of the First Amendment, a U.S. Air Force veteran said in a federal lawsuit Tuesday.The Bible was carried by a prisoner of war in World War II and became part ...

U.S. 02/28/19, 12:48

A double-amputee Army veteran shot and wounded a doctor just before a mental health evaluation at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Florida, authorities said.Larry Ray Bon, 59, of Michigan, arrived at the VA Medical Center in Riviera Beach on Wednesday morning and was combative for hours, according ...

Business 01/11/19, 09:44

The partial federal government shutdown is complicating the already complicated process of getting and managing a mortgage. For one thing, the political storm is like severe weather at a major airport: You can expect minor delays or worse. Also, it could mean financial hardship for some federal government employees facing ...

U.S. 11/16/18, 12:29

Thousands of Navy and Marine Corps veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan who developed post-traumatic stress disorder but were denied Veterans Affairs health benefits have been given a green light to sue the military, under a ruling by a federal judge in Connecticut.Senior U.S. District Judge Charles Haight Jr. in New ...

Politics 11/16/18, 04:01

President Donald J. Trump believes in standing up for America’s veterans—both during our National Anthem and through the care and support our Government provides them with each and every day. “Together, we will honor those who defend us. We will cherish those who protect us. And we will celebrate the amazing ...

Politics 11/15/18, 10:37

The Department of Veterans Affairs says it will try to provide timely payments of college aid to thousands of veterans after delays due to problems with its IT systems. President Donald Trump last year signed off the biggest boost in GI benefits in a decade. But the legislation didn't provide additional ...

Politics 11/12/18, 07:58

Believe it or not, the Department of Veterans Affairs has 430 medical professionals who, instead of performing their duties as nurses or doctors, spend some or all of their time working for their federal employees unions. All of that happens on the taxpayers’ dime. Not anymore, according to the VA’s recent announcement. As of ...

U.S. 11/01/18, 22:39

The number of homeless veterans across the U.S. declined more than 5 percent over the past year after a slight rise in 2017, the departments of Housing and Urban Development and Veterans Affairs announced Thursday. The decrease shows the federal government is making progress in its nearly decade-long efforts, but the ...

U.S. 10/15/18, 07:28

After last year's deadly clash between white nationalists and counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, the federal government quietly spent millions of dollars to hire private security guards to stand watch over at least eight Confederate cemeteries, documents from the Department of Veterans Affairs show.The security effort, which runs around the clock ...

Health 10/04/18, 14:27

A Republican Gulf War veteran who blew the whistle on the prescription drug crisis at the Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center said he thinks it would be "immoral" to vote for Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin.Ryan Honl's comments drew a sharp rebuke Thursday from Heather Simcakoski, the widow of veteran Jason ...