More Stories Lawmakers and veterans groups are divided on how to pay for a major veterans benefits reform bill. July 4 severed ties with Great Britain, but it was on July 5 that the former colonials got down to the nuts-and-bolts of governing and winning a war. The closely watched jobless rate for post-9/11 veterans bumped up from 4.1% in May to 4.8% in June as national job creation plunged. The flag is being proposed as a national symbol of remembrance for service members and veterans who died as a result of their military service. The VA’s recently released 2025 AI Inventory identifies 215 of those use cases as high-impact systems. The R/V Petrel, the maritime brainchild of the late Paul Allen, was purchased by the U.S. Navy in 2022 and rechristened in 2025. The bill is modeled after similar legislation that allows service members to file civil claims for medical malpractice at U.S. military hospitals. Families of missing service members from the Vietnam war are pushing for answers on budget cuts that have canceled MIA searches in Vietnam and Laos. A bill that encompasses two popular pieces of legislation — the Major Richard Star Act and the Love Lives On Act — has been stalled. The VA police force has faced challenges with recruiting and retention, raising safety concerns at facilities.
