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Despite wide bipartisan backing, the Major Richard Star Act has languished for years, increasingly frustrating the veterans who are losing thousands of dollars in benefits.

Disabled Veterans to Congress: Move Out on Stalled Bill to Allow Payment of Both Retirement and Disability Benefits

Lt. Gen. Steven Nordhaus' nomination was sent to the Senate on Tuesday. If confirmed, he would replace Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, who retires Aug. 5.

National Guard May Be Without Leadership After Last-Minute White House Nomination for New Chief

The House of Representatives on Monday passed, by voice vote, three bills to increase transparency into federal agency operations. approved by the Senate in March. It would require agencies to report annually to Congress about their projects that are more than five years behind schedule or are $1 billion or more over budget.

House sends the Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act to president's desk

Virginia State

The VA said it is working with the White House and Congress to address the budget shortfalls in a way that doesn't harm veterans.

VA Warns Congress that Benefits Payments Are at Risk Due to Projected $15 Billion Budget Shortfall

Some veterans who received bonuses from the Defense Department to leave the service are learning they have to pay back the money if they are awarded Veterans Affairs disability compensation.

VA's Threat to Withhold Disability Checks Over Decades-Old Separation Pay Surprises Vets

New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

North Carolina State

The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Budget burdens, pharmaceutical options and hyperbaric oxygen therapy are concerns North Carolina congressmen in the Senate and House of Representatives are raising with Veterans Affairs.
                The budget shortfall could impact veterans across the nation with a disruption in payments as soon as October. Needed is $2.88 billion for disability and education benefits. Secretary Denis McDonough told Congress this month the projection for shortfall this year and next is $15 billion, of which $11.97 billion is for medical care next year.
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VA budget shortfall of $15B may impact October payments to veterans

The Navy also must correct the records of those who left the service after they weren't granted religious accommodation.

Navy SEALs, Sailors Who Refused COVID Vaccine Will Have Records Expunged After Legal Settlement

Vance, 39, is the first post-9/11 veteran to find a spot on a major party ticket and, if elected, would likely be the first Marine veteran to serve as the second-in-command.

JD Vance's Marine Corps Service Would Set Him Apart from Most Vice Presidents

Republicans have blamed wokeness for the military's ongoing struggles with recruiting and the American public's declining trust in the armed forces.

'Get Woke Left-Wing Democrats Fired as Soon as Possible': What the 2024 GOP Platform Says About the Military

Eglin Air Force Base, FL

Col. Jeremiah Hammill, the former commander of the 96th Test Wing's Civil Engineer Group at Eglin, was set to pass off his command July 18 but was fired from his role on July 15 "due to a loss in confidence in his ability to lead."

Commander at Eglin Air Force Base Fired from Job Days Before He Was Set to Leave Post

The database, which will include basic and deployment-related information, will be available for scientific research on environmental exposures.

New Burn Pit Registry Aims for Data on 4.7 Million Veterans to Assist in Research on Exposure to Hazards

Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, was convicted of stealing and making threats of murder by a court in the Russian city of Vladivostok in June, and was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison.

US Army Cut Off the Pay of Staff Sgt. Gordon Black After His Arrest in Russia, Officials Say

When Fish-Harnack was guillotined on Feb. 16, 1943, she became the only American killed on a direct order from the German dictator.

Why the Only American Killed on Hitler’s Direct Order ‘Couldn’t Turn Her Back on Germany’

North Dakota State

Mediaite

Doug Burgum claimed that Russia only agreed to a prisoner swap because they think Donald Trump is going to win the presidential election in November.
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Gov. Burgum Tells Fox Russia Only Agreed to the Prisoner Swap Because They Think Trump Is Going to Win

Missouri State

Uvalde, TX

A New York Times investigation found that ammunition from a plant in Missouri has been used in at least 12 high-profile mass shootings, including at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

An Army Ammunition Plant's Bullets Keep Showing Up in Mass Shootings. Lawmakers Want Answers.

Orange County, CA

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Corcoran, CA

NewSantaAna

CORCORAN – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the July 28, 2024, death of an incarcerated person at California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility as a homicide.

Pimp arrested in Orange County killed by an inmate at a state prison

Maine State

Lewiston, ME

Sgt. 1st Class Robert Card, the Army reservist who went on a shooting rampage in Lewiston, Maine, in October, seemed like a textbook case of someone who needed help. He was hearing voices, became increasingly paranoid, threatened people, and owned guns.

3 Army Officials Punished After Investigation of Maine Reservist's Mass Shooting Finds Numerous Failures

Want base stickers for your bike? This is how you get them.

T-CLOCS: How to Pass Your Base Motorcycle Inspection (on the First Try)

A $10 million cash withdrawal in Cairo made just days before former President Donald Trump took office in January 2017 triggered a secretive Justice Department investigation that sought to uncover whether he received financial support from Egypt’s government. The investigation, revealed in an exclusive report by The Washington Post...

Mysterious $10 Million Cash Withdrawal Triggered DOJ Investigation into Whether Trump Took Egyptian Funds

The National Guard will be without a Senate-confirmed leader until at least September after the Senate left for a five-week summer break without taking action to approve a new chief.

National Guard Chief, VA Benefits Fix, Military Pay Raise: Here's What's Still on Congress' To-Do List as Recess Starts

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