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VFW commander blasts blocked Senate vote on key veterans bill as ‘procedural games’
1+ hour, 30+ min ago (710+ words) Carol Whitmore, commander-in-chief of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., testifies on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, in Washington during a Senate Committee on Veterans" Affairs hearing. (Eric Kayne/Stars and Stripes) WASHINGTON " Veterans of Foreign Wars and other veterans advocacy groups expressed…...
VFW urges crackdown on ‘claims sharks’ illegally offering help to veterans
22+ hour, 27+ min ago (951+ words) Carol Whitmore, commander-in-chief Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., testifies at a joint House and Senate hearing of the Veterans Affairs" Committees on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, in Washington. (Eric Kayne/Stars and Stripes) WASHINGTON " The commander of the Veterans of Foreign…...
Nearly a century after Bonus Army, veterans demand that promises are kept
23+ hour, 10+ min ago (387+ words) Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars salute the American flag near the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Monday, March 2, 2026. (Eric Kayne/Stars and Stripes) WASHINGTON " Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars gathered on the steps…...
National Invest in Veterans Week: Expanding access to capital for those who served
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (390+ words) Military families account for more than half of all members in the nation's largest credit unions. Serving millions affiliated with the armed forces, these credit unions operate as a financial hub for active-duty personnel, veterans and their families worldwide." (Stars…...
Trump administration’s regulatory reset on higher education deserves recognition
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (503+ words) Education Secretary Linda McMahon does a television interview at the White House, April 16, 2025, in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP) After years of regulatory favoritism that spoke down to military members and veterans and devalued their earned education benefits, the Trump administration…...
Climate lawfare is handing Moscow and Beijing a strategic gift
1+ week, 2+ day ago (874+ words) America's adversaries learned something long ago that some of its own politicians still haven't grasped: energy is power. Climate lawfare is handing Moscow and Beijing a strategic gift Stacks from the Hugh L. Spurlock Generating Station, a coal power plant, are…...
VA moves to end gun restrictions on veterans who require money managers
1+ week, 6+ day ago (686+ words) WASHINGTON " The Department of Veterans Affairs announced it will end a 30-year practice of reporting veterans who require fiduciaries to a Federal Bureau of Investigation database that screens and prohibits people from buying and possessing firearms. The VA will no…...
Veterans slam new VA rule for determining disability ratings
2+ week, 18+ hour ago (577+ words) A new federal rule for determining disability compensation " which became effective today " states that a rating must be based on how well a veteran'functions with medication'and not on the underlying impairment itself. (Stars and Stripes) WASHINGTON " Veterans and their advocates…...
US now ranks behind only Russia as top world peace threat in German eyes, researchers find
2+ week, 1+ day ago (666+ words) German, American and POW/MIA flags flutter above Katterbach Army Airfield, Germany, as AH-64E Apache helicopters fly in formation Feb. 2, 2026. Nearly two-thirds of Germans view the United States as one of the greatest threats to world peace, according to a…...
From the archives: Troops in South Korea conquer the Manchu mile
2+ week, 5+ day ago (95+ words) From the archives: Troops in South Korea conquer the Manchu mile'Stars and Stripes From the archives: Troops in South Korea conquer the Manchu mile (Erik Slavin/Stars and Stripes) Warrior Base, South Korea, April 22, 2008: Soldiers taking the opposite route encounter…...