GOP lawmakers target diversity training, COVID rules in defense bill
The annual defense authorization bill debate in the House focused mainly on hot-button social issues.
Coronavirus | COVID-19 Updates
Veterans Affairs drops mask requirement for all agency medical offices
Masks will still be mandated for some high-risk areas or facilities with rising virus numbers.
Bids to weaken military COVID vaccine mandate stall in Congress
Democrats rejected proposals to reinstate troops already kicked out and dismiss the Defense Secretary for requiring the shots.
Plan would give VA more power to protect GI Bill benefits in future national emergencies
Emergency powers given to VA leaders amid the coronavirus pandemic expired earlier this month.
VA officials lagging in goal of housing 38,000 distressed vets this year
A spike in Covid-19 cases at the start of the year delayed some efforts to get more veterans into homes.
Veterans cemeteries will be fully open to visitors this Memorial Day
Public attendance at ceremonies had been limited the last two years by the coronavirus pandemic.
Bill would mandate honorable discharge for troops booted for refusing COVID vaccine mandate
The measure would also upgrade the discharge status of troops already kicked out of the service for refusing to get vaccinated.
Audit: Urgent response lacking in COVID-19 outbreak at veterans home
The deadly coronavirus outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans' Home in northern Illinois killed 36 veterans.
Troops allege military’s COVID vaccine mandate is a ‘religious purge’
Two airmen and a soldier appeared on a podcast hosted by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida.
The vast majority of troops kicked out for COVID vaccine refusal received general discharges
“I can tell you there are no operational impacts across the force for readiness,” Marine Corps Lt. Gen. David Ottignon told lawmakers.
Trump officials gave improper national security loans to trucking firm, lawmakers allege
The report accuses officials of overruling Pentagon recommendations to give $700 million in low-interest loans to YRC Worldwide Inc., now known as Yellow Corp.
