Multiple U.S. benefit programs are implementing significant updates in 2026, affecting millions of retirees, veterans, and families. Social Security changes include higher earnings limits, a larger ...

According to the VA, recent improvements have sharply reduced wait times.

New VA boosts coming in 2026 could help veterans with everything from accessing expanded education opportunities to getting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington, D.C. (Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images) (Tierney L. Cross) The ...

Newsweek offers a round‑up of the major Veteran Affairs initiatives announced so far this year.

Every servicemember enters and leaves the armed forces with a medical examination. That procedural fact reflects the original logic behind what the Department of Veterans Affairs calls “disability ...

Over the last couple of decades, the federal government has expanded many of the benefits offered to veterans, from healthcare access to bolstering disability claims processing and rolling out new ...

WASHINGTON — Problems with the privately contracted disability exams veterans undergo to determine their benefits were the focus of a House Veterans’ Affairs subcommittee hearing Thursday that ...

The Post analyzed 25 years of government data on disability claims and sued VA and the Justice Department under the Freedom of Information Act, forcing the agencies to disclose thousands of pages of ...

Long waits and cumbersome requirements are affecting the Veterans Readiness and Employment Program, according to the ...