Federal policy prevents around 50,000 injured veterans from receiving both their full retirement pay and disability ...

Since its launch in 2023, the program has eliminated more than 300,000 in-person visits by allowing service members to ...

Military bonuses earned by service members for enlisting, reenlisting or excelling in their duties would be exempt from ...

(right of podium) address veterans during a Capitol Hill rally on the Major Richard Star Act on May 21. (/Staff) After years ...

In a new memo, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has barred the U.S. military service academies ... and cuts to diversity programs. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., noted the uncomfortable position ...

Here is a short summary of the bill: This bill, titled the Major Richard Star Act, proposes changes to how certain military veterans ... and ensures that service members who receive disability ...

Leading Democrats in Congress are turning their attention to service members exposed to ... exposure legislation in the future, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., the ranking member of the Senate ...

During a confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., Senate Veterans Affairs Committee members praised the military service ... asked Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. "I'm not there now, and I ...

Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn ... who had worked for a White House agency called the United States Digital Service, or USDS, since 2023 and was detailed as a security adviser to the VA's chief ...

Jonathan Kamens, a former information security employee with the U.S. Digital Service, described his ... meeting was organized by Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, the top Democrat on ...