President Donald Trump recognized nearly 100 recipients of the Purple Heart at the White House on Thursday, including three service members who gave him their own medals after an attempt on his life at a Pennsylvania campaign rally.

The Veteran Farmers Market supports farmer veterans and promotes the Homegrown By Heroes label, which signifies an item is made by a U.S. veteran and is overseen by the Farmer Veteran Coalition.

The Warrior-Scholar Project, which has partnered with 19 different schools this summer, offers accelerated college courses to enlisted veterans and service members transitioning into college.

Veterans previously had to obtain a new referral from their VA doctor every 90 to 180 days to continue receiving many specialty health services at “VA expense.”

The veterans came from all over the country, as the organization honors veterans for their service, and encourages them in their work of healing.

In the embrace of a cheerfully chittering spider monkey named Louie, an Army veteran who grappled for decades with post-traumatic stress disorder says he finally feels at peace.

The Senate on Friday night adopted a $455 billion spending bill for the VA that invests in recruiting clinicians at hospitals, increases the toxic exposures fund and sets minimum funding levels for rural health care and other critical programs.

On July 30, Al Michaels, 82, was honored by his senior living community. He was one of about 3,400 helicopter crew members responsible for evacuations in the Vietnam War, who were in 2024 collectively approved as Congressional Gold Medal recipients.

Brian Greeson, an Army veteran from Boulder, Colo., has been biking across the U.S. to bring more attention to the high suicide rate among veterans. Greeson is donating the money he receives to Veterans Expeditions, a Colorado nonprofit. 

The VA reported receiving 57,400 claims for military sexual trauma in fiscal 2024. But auditors found the operations center has challenges retaining experienced employees to review the claims and addressing errors in the review process.