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Oops! Paratroopers raid Bulgarian olive oil factory by mistake
While conducting a seizure on a decommissioned airfield, soldiers stumbled into a working factory. The owner was not happy.
By Todd South
Nearly 14,000 feds face looming pandemic furloughs
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration services plans to furlough 75 percent of its workforce, unless Congress intervenes.
By Jessie Bur
Iran war vote and top-secret brief scheduled in Congress, despite impeachment
Washington is taking action next week in the face of a possible war with Iran.
By Joe Gould
Military medical malpractice victims could see payouts from Defense Department under new compromise
The move would not undo the controversial Feres Doctrine, but would provide compensation for some families.
US senator seeks foreign policy reset and sees ‘clear and present danger’ from China
Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, offers a broad new policy vision that warns of a "martial, expansionist” China.
By Joe Gould
Even bigger budgets for VA? Secretary offers his thoughts on department progress, challenges
After 16 months on the job, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie insists the department is performing better than ever before.
VA concedes its debt collection systems leave veterans confused, frustrated
Last fiscal year, VA overpayments totaled roughly $1.6 billion, prompting 600,000 debt collection letters to veterans.
Investigators find $53 million in improper medical bills for veterans
Lawmakers want a clear answer on how VA plans to help the thousands of veterans hurt by the mistakes.
Trump Keeps Talking About the Last Military Standoff With Iran — Here’s What Really Happened
A ProPublica investigation makes clear that Trump’s repeated claims about the captured sailors – Obama’s weakness; that the money was improper – obscure the more troubling realities exposed by the Navy’s 2016 debacle in the Persian Gulf.
By Megan Rose, Robert Faturechi and T. Christian Miller, ProPublica