Sixteen GOP senators urged swift passage of a bill to require quarterly budget briefings from the Department of Veterans Affairs after the agency secured emergency funds from Congress for incorrectly claiming a multibillion-dollar shortfall threatened veterans benefits.

Stricter controls are needed to secure the online personal information that the Department of Veterans Affairs collects and maintains on millions of veterans enrolled in its health care services and who receive benefits, according to a new report from the agency’s inspector general.

Lucille “Cille” MacDonald, who this spring was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for her “Rosie the Riveter” work as a ship welder during World War II, died last week in Hawaii. She was 98.

House lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a sweeping package of measures, known as the Sen. Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act, to expand and strengthen private-sector medical care outside the Department of Veterans Affairs.

An officer with Veterans Affairs Police Department used excessive force when he beat an unarmed arrestee with his baton, for 41 seconds, as the man was pinned down by another officer on the campus of the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center in January 2022.

Donald Trump said Thursday that he will nominate former U.S. Rep. Doug Collins, a chaplain in the U.S. Air Force Reserve and longtime political ally, to join his Cabinet as head of the sprawling Department of Veterans Affairs.

Cuba is hemorrhaging people as the economy falters. Now, the country is coming under fresh political pressure as one of the government’s archrivals is poised to start calling foreign-policy shots in Washington.

In a little-known chapter in the waning days of World War II, U.S. troops rescued more than 130 political prisoners from an Alpine hotel that members of Hitler’s SS intended to barter for free passage as the Allies converged on Berlin hundreds of miles to the north.

A report issued Wednesday by the VA Office of Inspector General cited security lapses at the Health Eligibility Center in Atlanta that have led to weaknesses in the computer system and made records vulnerable to unauthorized access, modification and destruction.