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Senate will again vote on bipartisan border package
By Stephen Neukam On May 19, 2024 The Senate will consider a bipartisan border package this week, putting pressure on Republicans to pass a bill that they helped to negotiate months ago. Why it matters: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is reviving the border measure to give cover to the White House to take executive action on immigration and…
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Biden administration seeks to speed some asylum cases with new immigration docket
By Ariana Figueroa On May 17, 2024 WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will start a new system Friday to hasten asylum claims for single adults, administration officials said Thursday. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Department of Justice will launch a new expedited docket for migrants who arrive alone at ports of entry…
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PTSD VA Ratings: What You Need to Know
By Tiffini Theisen On April 26, 2024 Veterans who experienced certain traumatic events during their service may be able to receive disability compensation in the form of non-taxed monthly payments, as well as free health care, including specific PTSD treatment. For a veteran to receive these disability benefits, he or she must demonstrate that the PTSD was…
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For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals.
By Sarah Sicard On May 14, 2024 For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock from preparations for the invasion of Japan that was expected to cost many American lives. The Truman Library Institute estimated that 495,000 were left after the war, medals that would go…
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Oracle’s Troubled Effort to Create the Pentagon, VA Electronic Health Record System
By Ashley Stewart and Blake Dodge On May 20,, 2024 Larry Ellison’s vision for the future of medicine crystallized for him in a doctor’s office. Oracle’s billionaire cofounder needed medication to help manage his cholesterol. He said his “very fancy doctor,” a molecular biologist, prescribed a statin called Crestor. The choice was informed by Ellison’s age, sex, ethnicity, and family…
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Coast Guard Tweaks Tattoo Policy to Allow Bigger Designs on Hands, Ink Behind Both Ears
By Patricia Kime On May 15, 2024 Coast Guard members can now have larger tattoos on their hands and one behind each ear under a new policy update, the service announced Tuesday. The new policy allows for single tattoos on the back of both hands up to 2 ½ inches in any direction, according to a…
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Colorado Officials Fight Military’s Attempt to Move Air National Guard Members to US Space Force
By Nick Coltrain On May 20, 2024 The U.S. military’s proposal to unilaterally move potentially hundreds of Colorado Air National Guard members involved in space operations to the Space Force is facing pushback from Gov. Jared Polis and most of the state’s congressional delegation. The proposal, which would affect guard units in several states, is aimed at…
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Officers with Higher Rank Get Better Care than Those with Lower Ranks at Military Hospitals, Study Finds
By Patricia Kime On May 17, 2024 Officers who outrank their military physicians and personnel who have been recently promoted receive better attention and care in Defense Department health facilities than lower-ranking service members, new research on military emergency room visits has found. The study, published Thursday in the journal Science, also found racial bias in…
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Homeless Vets Find Housing on Old Walter Reed Grounds, Regardless of Discharge Status
By Richard Sisk On May 20, 2024 Former Army National Guard Spc. Donald Carey, a Desert Storm veteran, had reached the point in his long bout with homelessness where he was telling himself and anyone who would listen: “Just get me off the street. Gotta’ get off the street.” Former Marine Lance Cpl. Byron Malcolm Ballard, who served a harrowing…
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