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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.
GOP plan provides $453 billion for VA programs, benefits next year
The spending plan for Veterans Affairs next year is up significantly from current levels but is about $1 billion less than what the White House wanted.
Congressional appropriators criticize VA’s unapproved funding moves
Department leaders shifted about $340 million in budget savings to outside health care accounts without lawmakers' OK.
US soldier plans to plead guilty to selling military information
Sgt. Korbein Schultz had initially pleaded not guilty to charges including conspiring to obtain and disclose military defense information and bribery.
Army veteran charged with killing a homeless man, attacking another
Karl P. Loucks allegedly pepper-sprayed a homeless man and got into a confrontation with him before fatally shooting him in Memphis.
By Adrian Sainz