Athletes from 41 states rolled in to compete in the 44th annual National Veterans Wheelchair Games in downtown Minneapolis.

Army veteran Nick Nesmith won the Veteran Golfers Association’s Washington championship by eight strokes on Sunday and will go on to compete in the West Region Championship in August.

A U.S. Army veteran who was arrested during an immigration raid at a Southern California marijuana farm last week said he was sprayed with tear gas and pepper spray before being dragged from his vehicle and pinned down by federal agents.

Shane M. James Jr., 36, is accused of killing his parents in San Antonio sometime between Dec. 4 and Dec. 5, 2023, and then driving north to Austin, where police said he killed four more people and shot and injured two police officers and a cyclist in separate incidents across the city.

The Providing Radiation Exposed Servicemembers Undisputed Medical Eligibility Act would force the VA to provide veterans exposed to nuclear radiation in service with “presumptive benefits” for toxic radiation without having to provide specific evidence of their exposure.

The VA Home Loan Program Reform Act, which was adopted by the Senate with a voice vote late Tuesday, establishes a partial claim program that allows veterans who are behind on home loan payments to receive federal assistance.

Representatives from some nonprofit groups presented instances of the VA denying referrals for private-sector care to qualifying veterans as evidence the federal agency is trying to curtail the use of private medical treatment.

Virgin Islands veterans can now be reimbursed for travel when receiving medical care on the mainland United States or Puerto Rico.

The VA has experienced problems acquiring major IT systems, tracking its software licenses, managing cybersecurity practices and standardizing cloud computing procurement.

Jessica Killin, a Democrat, will take on freshman Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank for the El Paso County district in Colorado. The seat has long been a Republican stronghold, with Crank winning it by 14 percentage points in 2024.