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The sources show multiple policy moves and scrutiny around VA bonuses in 2024–2025 — including recoupment appeal procedures published January 15, 2025 (OPM rule on VA bonus recoupments) — but none of ...
Venezuela is widely described by analysts and governments as a transit state for cocaine rather than a primary producer of fentanyl, and U.S. policy in 2025 centered on lethal maritime strikes and thr...
Available reporting shows Pete Hegseth served in the Army National Guard and later became a civilian senior official; contemporary sources do not report that he was administratively discharged from th...
High-profile deportations of U.S. military veterans — including reported cases such as Georgia Army veteran Godfrey Wade and Purple Heart recipient José Barco — have driven lawmakers and advocates to ...
ICE undertook an unprecedented hiring surge in 2025–2026, adding roughly 12,000 officers and agents in under a year according to DHS and reporting, but public reporting and ICE statements included no ...
VHA’s 2025 payments landscape shows both statutory benefit rate updates (Special Monthly Compensation, DIC, and other VA allowances effective Dec. 1, 2024 or Oct. 1, 2024) and separate personnel pay c...
In 2024–2025 the VA broadened presumptive exposure locations beyond Vietnam: the department proposed and in some cases finalized adding U.S. and Royal Thai military bases in Thailand (Jan. 9, 1962–Jun...
Refusals of military orders happen across history in two broad categories: lawful disobedience of manifestly illegal orders (e.g., orders to target civilians) and acts of insubordination or political ...
Active-duty members face limits on partisan and contemptuous political speech under the UCMJ and DoD directives: Article 88 bars contemptuous words against the President and certain civilian officials...
Priority Group 5 veterans are generally enrolled because they receive VA pension benefits (low-income wartime veterans, age 65+ or permanently and totally disabled) and are included in VA’s medical be...
Civilian deaths reported in U.S. drone campaigns fell after the Obama administration tightened targeting and adopted a “near certainty” standard, rose again after the Trump administration revoked Obam...
The military’s power to recall retired officers for court-martial rests chiefly on the Uniform Code of Military Justice — notably Article 2 and the recall statute 10 U.S.C. § 688 — and decades of appe...
Retired U.S. Navy Admiral William H. McRaven is a well-documented Black admiral who publicly criticized Donald Trump on multiple occasions, saying Trump “embarrassed us” and calling his behavior disqu...
NBC News and multiple outlets report that changing the U.S. Department of Defense’s name to the “Department of War” could cost roughly up to $2 billion, with some estimates framing lower-end figures “...
Public records and multiple news outlets report that J.D. Vance enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps after high school, served four years (2003–2007) including a roughly six‑month deployment to Iraq, and...
JD Vance served in the United States Marine Corps from 2003 to 2007 and has been reported to have received several standard service medals, most notably the and the , along with campaign and service r...
Drug flows from Colombia through Venezuela into the Caribbean and toward Florida are primarily part of multi-stop, shifting maritime and air networks rather than simple direct runs, with most cocaine ...
The U.S. Coast Guard reports a historic cocaine haul in fiscal year 2025: nearly 510,000 pounds (about 231,000 kilograms) seized across the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean, driven in part by Operation P...
The Pentagon has publicly said it may recall retired Navy Capt. Mark Kelly to active duty to face court-martial or administrative action after a video urging troops to refuse unlawful orders; the DoD ...
Available reporting in the provided articles does not allege or document that President Barack Obama issued any illegal orders to the U.S. military; instead, recent coverage focuses on Democratic lawm...