The VA is processing claims faster than ever. The backlog is the lowest it's been in years. And your 2024 medical records are ...

VA Disability Rates Calculator — built from 100+ veteran interviews — is now updated with 2026 compensation rates SEATTLE, WA, UNITED STATES, December 27, 2025 ...

The raise varies by a veteran's disability rating. Good news for veterans: VA disability pay will increase with a 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment in 2026. Following a recent VA benefits update, ...

Some staff at the Department of Veterans Affairs are finding little to be merry about after the agency said it would eliminate tens of thousands of open, unfilled positions across the country as it ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In another assault on reproductive rights by the Trump administration, the US ...

Washington ― A trio of Senate Democrats including Michigan's Elissa Slotkin wrote Friday to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins expressing "serious" concerns with his department's plan to ...

President Donald Trump signed the annual defense authorization bill into law Dec. 18, confirming a 3.8% raise in military basic pay. Congress approved the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, or ...

DANVILLE, Ill. (WAND) - The VA Illiana Healthcare System in Danville permanently housed 154 veterans in 2025, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. In total, VA announced that 51,936 ...

Harold Roper spent his life reaching for the sky — first in the Air Force, then working on NASA's Apollo 13 mission. Today, cancer has left him grounded and bedbound. He now relies on the Department ...

It’s no secret that Americans pay the highest prescription drug prices in the developed world. We all know that pharmaceutical companies use our tax money for R&D and make most of their profit off of ...

During the 13 th annual Santa Barbara County Veterans Stand Down in October, 427 veterans received services – including 69 unhoused veterans. The event, held during the course of one day at the Santa ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs will reportedly slash as many as 35,000 health care positions this month, reducing its overall workforce by about 10% from last year, amid a steep decline in ...