A Marine veteran who posted on the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Facebook page that he would “pay an ISIS terrorist with a nuke” to “burn the v.a. at 10 million degrees Fahrenheit,” was properly convicted of terroristic threatening, an appeals court in Arkansas ruled, finding that it was reasonable for the VA to take the statement and other parts of the post as a true threat.
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The spotlight on brain injuries suffered by U.S. troops in Iraq this month is an example of America’s episodic attention to this invisible war wound, which has affected hundreds of thousands over the past two decades but is not yet fully understood.
Read moreA one-day sentence for a defendant convicted on child pornography charges was unreasonable, the Sixth Circuit ruled, even though the man had been diagnosed with PTSD after serving tours of duty in the military and lacked a criminal record. He possessed more than 3,600 images and 230 videos of child pornography.
Read moreA decorated Coast Guard veteran claims in a federal lawsuit that he was wrongfully indicted on heroin smuggling charges and he’s now classified in a criminal database as “armed and dangerous” due to the inept investigative work of DEA agents, who had the wrong man.
Read moreA federal court in Washington, D.C., dismissed a putative class action brought by caregivers to injured veterans who claim they were denied appropriate assistance, finding that federal law prevents the court from reviewing claims seeking a review of the disputed Veterans Health Administration determinations.
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The Alabama Attorney General’s Office and the FBI on Thursday arrested a state judge accused of taking tens of thousands of dollars from an elderly veteran and a fund supporting the juvenile court system.
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On Dec. 7, 1941, 21-year-old Lauren Bruner was the second-to-last man to escape the burning wreckage of the USS Arizona after a Japanese plane dropped a bomb that ignited an enormous explosion in the battleship’s ammunition storage compartment.
Read moreAction Telecom, based in the San Diego suburb Santee, pleaded guilty to defrauding the government of $11 million in federal contracts in a “rent-a-vet” scheme, to get contracts reserved for service-disabled, veteran-owned businesses, federal prosecutors said.
Read moreJust after Veterans Day, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law Tuesday a bill that makes state benefits possible for gay servicemembers whose sexual orientation led to a dishonorable discharge.
Read moreAhead of the Veterans Day holiday, Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren released a new plan to take care of U.S. servicemembers. This plan is personal for her, she said: Three of her brothers served.
Read moreA federal judge granted default judgment of $154,600 to five veterans who claim BAIC Inc. et al. conspired to defraud them and other military veterans in the sale of pension benefits.
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In some paintings, the wounds are plain to see: an arm or leg lost to war. In others, the injuries that U.S. veterans suffered are hidden from view.
Read moreAn Afghanistan war veteran and former law enforcement officer sued Attorney General William Barr, et al., for placing him in a terrorist screening database, claiming he is “some kind of threat to this country,” restricting his travel and work opportunities and not allowing him to confront his accusers, in federal court.
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President Donald Trump is painting a false picture of a U.S. economy unaffected by his trade war with China and other countries, according to many professional economists, businesspeople and farmers.
Read moreState and national experts testified before members of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity on Thursday, highlighting strides made to decrease veteran homelessness over the past decade and continued challenges to getting housing vouchers accepted in cities facing housing crises.
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President Donald Trump signed an order Wednesday canceling the federal student loan debt of thousands of permanently disabled veterans after addressing the 75th annual AMVETS convention in Kentucky.
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For those who blow the whistle on wrongdoing at the Department of Veterans Affairs but find themselves running headlong into a snarl of setbacks and retaliation, relief could soon be on the way, according to the head of the Trump administration’s veterans affairs whistleblower protection office.
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