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VA expects 30K voluntary job cuts by October, erasing need for layoffs

More than 17,000 Veterans Affairs jobs have been eliminated or vacated since the start of the year.

By Leo Shane III

2 days ago

Missile Defense Agency’s FY26 budget targets homeland missile defense

The request includes funding for systems designed to defend the homeland against intercontinental ballistic missiles from Iran and North Korea.

9 days ago

Army seeks $197 billion FY26 budget with transformation plan at center

The Army's base budget request is $192 billion but relies on another $5.4 billon in supplemental funding for key initiatives.

13 days ago

Thousands of LGBTQ+ vets were promised pardons. Only 4 have succeeded.

Former President Joe Biden pledged to use his clemency powers to right ‘an historic wrong.’ Why did it fall so short of its promise?

By Leah Rosenbaum

13 days ago

House panel pushes ahead $453 billion funding plan for VA next year

The appropriations plan would add more than $80 billion to the current VA funding level, giving the department its biggest budget ever.

By Leo Shane III

4 weeks ago

DC military-air traffic control hotline hasn’t worked for over 3 years

The FAA confirmed the agency didn’t know the hotline hadn’t been working since March 2022 until after the latest near miss at Reagan National Airport.

8 weeks ago