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Dana Briggs, 70, had charges dropped after being accused of assaulting an agent during a protest at an Illinois ICE facility

Veterans groups say recent Washington Post stories on VA disability payments paint a misleading picture. The paper stands by its reporting

Pentagon memo details plan to train over 20,000 national guard members across the US to carry out Trump’s order on subduing civil unrest

Unanimous ruling calls administration’s push to halt reviews of veterans’ disability appeals an “extreme request”

The Guardian revealed how US veterans have been injured and arrested at protests against Ice deportations

Suit comes after Guardian investigation found administration rolled back efforts to combat human trafficking while Trump officials deny retreat

Veterans are facing federal charges after protesting Ice sweeps and Trump’s national guard deployments. The justice department claims the veterans were violent

Plea to Congress from 74 legal, religious and advocacy groups comes in wake of Guardian reporting on cuts to federal efforts to combat human trafficking

Release comes after a Guardian investigation revealed US pullback on anti-trafficking efforts, which Trump officials denied

Roughy 170 physicians and other medical workers claim Trump administration has weakened veterans’ health system. Trump officials deny their policies are hurting veterans

Committee’s action comes after Guardian investigation revealed rollbacks of anti-trafficking efforts; Trump administration says it is committed to fighting trafficking

Experts say decades of progress are under threat; Trump officials say administration remains committed to fighting trafficking and sex abuse

Internal documents reviewed by The Post reveal, with rare candor, how domestic missions rooted in politics risk damaging Americans’ trust in the military.

Bajun Mavalwalla, an advocate for Afghans who supported US military in Afghanistan, faces up to six years in prison

Legal experts say the charges against Afghanistan war veteran Bajun Mavalwalla II mark an escalation in the Trump administration’s crackdown on first amendment rights

Legal experts say the charges against Afghanistan war veteran Bajun Mavalwalla II mark an escalation in the Trump administration’s crackdown on first amendment rights

Trump administration to end nearly all abortions even though third of female veterans are sexual assault survivors

Trump administration to end nearly all abortions even though third of female veterans are sexual assault survivors

Pastors in the video said they want the U.S. to be a Christian republic, adding calls for criminalizing homosexuality and for women to submit to husbands.

Inspector general report comes as department has lost thousands of ‘core’ healthcare workers under Trump

The Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act (VACAA) of 2014 and VA Choice and Quality Employment Act (VCQEA) of 2017 requires the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) to determine, annually, a...

Departures are exacerbating existing shortages and creating ‘very unsafe’ conditions for patients, veterans and health workers say

Trump order allows VA staff to decline providing healthcare to patients based on political affiliation or marital status

More than 200 actions held across US today, organizers said, as VA officials claim cuts won’t affect healthcare or benefits

VA officials want contributions to medical journals to go through them after two agency doctors highlighted the impact of cuts, The Guardian reported.

Move that seeks political control of doctors’ and scientists’ published research fits a pattern of censorship by the Trump administration, veterans advocates say Senior officials at the US Department of Veterans Affairs have ordered that VA physicians and scientists not publish in medical journals or speak with the public without first seeking clearance from political appointees of Donald Trump, the Guardian has learned. The edict, laid down in emails on Friday by Curt Cashour, the VA’s assistant secretary for public and intergovernmental affairs, and John Bartrum, a senior adviser to VA secretary Doug Collins, came hours after the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine published a perspective co-authored by two pulmonologists who work for the VA in Texas. Continue reading...

Unit closures, reduced hours of operation and exam backlogs reported after Trump administration reductions

Unit closures, reduced hours of operation and exam backlogs reported after Trump administration reductions

Nearly half of California, and close to 90% of the state’s public land, is owned by the federal government. In other words, it’s Trump's responsibility.

Editor’s note: Graphic details could be offensive or disturbing to some readers. The company behind more than a dozen dating apps, Match Group, has known for years about the abusive users on its...

Match Group, the tech company that owns Match.com, OkCupid, Hinge, Tinder and other popular dating services, has known for years which users have been accused of sexual assault and rape, but kept those...