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Lawmakers grill VA over GI Bill ‘debacle’
Nearly four months after the Veterans Affairs Department was supposed to have changed the way it calculates Post-9/11 GI Bill housing stipends, students are still getting the wrong amount each month ― and there’s still no end in sight.
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No shutdown at VA: Congress passes department’s budget on time
Thursday’s House vote marks on the second time in the last nine years that Congress has finished its VA budget work on time.
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Marine vet Duncan Hunter wins re-election to House, vows ‘business-as-usual’ despite corruption charges
California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter, who won re-election while facing federal corruption charges, promised constituents Wednesday it will be “business-as-usual” in his deeply red Southern California district, but some wonder whether that will be possible.
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Lawmakers reach deal on next year’s VA, military construction budget
VA would see a boost of more than 6 percent for fiscal 2019 under the plan.
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Democrats demand answers about Trump plans to drop nuke treaty with Russia
U.S. lawmakers fear the Trump administration will exit treaties and fuel a nuclear arms race.
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Here’s how the Army acquisition chief plans to equip soldiers for the next war
Changes underway in acquisitions look to streamline programs and emphasize funding for the Army’s top priorities.
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Inhofe offers way for Trump to fund wall, cheers troop deployments to border
Sen. Jim Inhofe framed his new legislation as an alternative to the military paying for the wall.
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Efforts to help homeless veterans showing progress, VA, HUD leaders say
New data on the homeless veterans situation is expected to be released within weeks.
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The lame-duck Congress has a national security to-do list
Here are three items on the national security agenda for Congress.










