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.

The return of military horses that have escorted caskets to gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery for more than 75 years will depend on the Army securing adequate pastureland, repairing rundown stables and improving training for handlers, officials said.

Several local veterans were awarded Quilts of Valor in recognition of their military service on Monday in New Baltimore.

In 1968, while serving on tour in Vietnam, a bullet struck U.S. Marine Private First Class James Ohlheiser and left him partially paralyzed. On Monday, 56 years later, Ohlheiser finally received his Purple Heart Medal.

Presidents believe, understandably, that they were elected to do what they campaigned on. The challenge is that Congress and state governments are full of people who won an election, too. And they often have their own ideas about what their “mandate” is. Postelection politics is about dealing with that reality.

A bill to exempt annual motor vehicle registration fees for U.S. military veterans who are 65 years and older and reside within the City and County of Honolulu has been introduced.