

Politics Nov 11

President Trump made his first public appearance since losing reelection with a Veterans Day visit to Arlington National Cemetery. Against the backdrop of Trump’s refusal to concede to President-elect Joe Biden, Georgia’s secretary of state announced a hand recount of…
Politics Sep 15

Joe Biden is tearing into President Donald Trump for his reported remarks referring to fallen soldiers as "suckers" during a Tuesday campaign visit to the key battleground state of Florida.
By Will Weissert, Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press
Nation Sep 05

President Donald Trump said he never called John McCain a loser — he did — and denigrated the record of the late Republican senator on veterans affairs despite routinely appropriating one of McCain’s crowning achievements on that front as his…
By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press
Politics Jun 17

President Donald Trump is unveiling a long-awaited national plan to stem a persistently high number of veteran suicides. He is proposing wide-ranging initiatives from firearm safety and wellness programs at workplaces to added barriers near railroads and bridges.
By Hope Yen, Associated Press
May 24

By R.J. Rico, Associated Press
ATLANTA — One was a 94-year-old veteran of World War II who was the first of his 11 brothers to enlist in the military. One was a Vietnam veteran who lost his leg overseas and was always touched when people…
May 22

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press
President Donald Trump on Friday turned an early Memorial Day remembrance of fallen U.S. service members into a quasi reelection campaign rally with bikers on the White House lawn.
May 11

By Sarah Blake Morgan, Claudia Lauer, Hope Yen, Associated Press
As job losses and increased social isolation take an extended toll, veterans advocates worry VA medical facilities won’t be able to meet demand for mental health services and that telehealth isn’t enough.
Mar 07

By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press
As the stock market convulses, airline schedules buckle and businesses worry their overseas supply lines will snap, President Donald Trump is looking on the sunny side of an economy clouded by the coronavirus.
Jan 14

By Nick Schifrin
Over two decades of fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, much research has explored the psychological toll suffered by the men and women who serve. A phenomenon that is perhaps less well understood is survivor’s guilt. Adam Linehan was an Army…
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