Women discharged from military due to motherhood eligible for compensation under new bill

Between 1951 and 1976, women service members were involuntarily separated from the military due to motherhood, leaving without separation benefits, counseling or assistance. New legislation seeks to establish a process to upgrade military records and provide a one-time payment of $25,000 to affected veterans.

Democratic senator urges incoming VA secretary to overturn Trump policies

Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal urged Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins to exempt VA employees from the federal hiring freeze and to stop tech billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency from accessing VA data systems that contain veterans’ records.

The BLUF: Yoga, meditation and AI polyp detection

Marine Corps veteran Sarah Kallassy looks at yoga and meditation training for veterans with WarriorsAtEase and how AI technology is assisting with VA colonoscopies.

Arizona couple pleads guilty to $1.2B insurance scheme targeting elderly and terminally ill veterans and service members

Alexandra Gehrke, 39, and Jeffrey King, 46, admitted to running medical companies from 2022 to 2024 that submitted more than $1.2 billion in false claims to Medicare and insurance programs that cover active-duty service members, disabled veterans and their families.

Senate confirms Doug Collins as VA secretary

Collins, 58, has pledged to protect veterans benefits from potential funding cuts and expressed support for expanding access to medical care outside the VA system.

One of the last Tuskegee Airmen dies at age 100 in Michigan

Harry S. Stewart Jr., a fighter pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen who earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for three kills in a single mission, died Sunday in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. He was 100.

VA orders many political appointees, non-union employees back to the office by Feb. 24

Political appointees, senior executives and non-union employees living within 50 miles of their workplaces are ordered to end remote work arrangements and return to the office by Feb. 24.

Service members look to Trump to restart evacuations of Afghans who aided US forces

Veterans groups are urging President Donald Trump to make exceptions for Afghan allies who are now barred from entering the United States under executive orders.

Sailor who survived 1941 Pearl Harbor attack in battleship’s belly dies at age 103

William Henry Pratt, who survived both the 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and a series of dangerous patrols aboard a submarine during World War II, died last week in Fresno, Calif. He was 103.

Korean War soldier lost in the ‘Frozen Chosin’ laid to rest in San Antonio

Seventy-four years after her brother shipped off to boot camp, Holland said she had given up hope that her brother would ever come home. But the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency in August identified her brother’s remains using DNA that Holland had provided and she was able to bring him to Texas for burial.