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One of last Marine Corps World War II Navajo Code Talkers dies at 107

With John Kinsel Sr.'s death, only two Navajo Code Talkers from World War II are still alive.

His country trained him to fight. Then he turned against it.

The U.S. military trained him in explosives and battlefield tactics. Now the Iraq War veteran was calling for taking up arms against his own country.

Supreme Court hears arguments on veterans benefits appeals rules

The case involves how appeals panels must review denials in veteran disability cases.

Plans for multiple VA medical clinics remain stalled despite funding

More than $670 million set aside for new VA outpatient clinics in 12 states is still waiting for final plans from the White House and Congress.

Senator seeks to overhaul VA suicide prevention algorithm favoring men

Women veteran suicide rates jumped 24% from 2020 to 2021, but some say prevention should focus on men because their rates remain considerably higher.

Here’s what veterans will get for a cost-of-living increase next year

The boost in benefits payments is the smallest since 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

With US military support, Israel shifts Middle East power balance

Israeli military strikes are targeting Iran’s armed proxies across a nearly 2,000-mile stretch of the Middle East and are threatening Iran itself.

Israel marks a year since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack as war rages on

The U.S. military has stood with Israel since Hamas' attack into the country on Oct. 7, 2023, and suffered attacks on Middle Eastern positions as well.

Opinion

Veterans health records need progress, not congressional sabotage

The overly cautious delays of the VA's new electronic health records system must end, AMVETS National Executive Director Joe Chenelly writes in this op-ed.

Vet the Vote recruits nearly 160,000 veterans as election workers

About one out of every 10 election workers in November will be a veteran or a family member of a veteran, according to the nonprofit We the Veterans.