Nation Mar 23 VA urges ‘hiring surge’ to reduce veterans’ appeals backlog The Department of Veterans Affairs is warning of a rapidly growing backlog for veterans who seek to appeal decisions involving disability benefits, saying it will need much more staff even as money remains in question due to a tightening Trump…
Health Mar 12 Republicans dismiss upcoming budget analysis of health plan Republicans on Sunday dismissed an upcoming Congressional Budget Office analysis widely expected to conclude that more Americans will be uninsured under a proposal to dismantle Barack Obama's health law.
Politics Mar 07 VA secretary urges extension of troubled choice program Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin is urging Congress to act quickly to temporarily extend a troubled program aimed at widening veterans' access to private-sector health care.
Nation Jan 13 U.S. to pay billions to Marines affected by contaminated drinking water After years of waiting, veterans who were exposed to contaminated drinking water while assigned to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina may now be able to receive a portion of government disability benefits totaling more than $2 billion.
Politics Jan 11 Trump picks Veterans Affairs insider to lead agency President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped the Department of Veterans Affairs' top health official to lead a beleaguered agency struggling to meet the health needs of millions of veterans.
Health Jan 11 VA health system to return to list of troubled federal programs Veterans health care remains a "high risk" issue threatening the federal budget and quality of care for former service members, auditors say in a forthcoming report.
Politics Dec 17 Trump’s pick for budget director has urged big spending cuts Republican Rep. Mick Mulvaney, President-elect Donald Trump's choice as his budget director, is a fierce deficit hawk with a record of pushing deep spending cuts.
Politics Nov 03 Voters already have cast about a quarter of all expected 2016 ballots WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton may not be accumulating the type of early-vote advantage her campaign wanted, but she continues to maintain an apparent edge over Donald Trump, with roughly one-fourth of all expected ballots cast in the 2016 election. The…
Politics Aug 20 In-person voting fraud is rare, doesn’t affect elections Donald Trump's newest campaign ad, which begins with the warning "In Hillary Clinton's America, the system stays rigged against Americans," echoes concerns about voting fraud.
Politics Aug 10 Where do the presidential candidates stand on voting rights? This year, 17 states were set to have restrictions involving voter ID or other requirements for the first time in a presidential election.