If you happened to have been overpaid by the Social Security Administration (SSA), your check may smaller this month.

Explore Virginia's 2025 state tax rates for income, sales, property, retirement, and more. Learn how Virginia compares nationwide.

The bill invests in military quality-of-life improvements while slashing social safety net programs that many military ...

Veterans already wait months to settle VA claims and get the benefits and care they've earned. President Donald Trump's new ...

To better prepare rural students for postsecondary opportunities, federal and state policymakers must increase rural access to high-quality, rigorous coursework.

For fiscal 2026, which starts Oct. 1, the VA is requesting $441.3 billion — a 10% increase from 2025, according to a budget summary released Friday.

December: Wednesday, December 31 What Happens Next The VA recently announced it has reduced the backlog of applications for disability benefits to below 200,000 for the first time since March 2023.

According to the VA, under the Biden administration there was a 24 percent increase in the claims backlog, rising from 213,000 on January 20, 2021, to nearly 250,000 on the same day in 2025.

VA Deputy Secretary Paul Lawrence, shown here during a Senate hearing, will oversee a search for the department's new top benefits and health care leaders, officials announced Monday. (Andrew ...

The bipartisan bill would amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exclude VA disability compensation from income calculations for the HUD-VASH program. However, this exclusion does not ...

Veterans qualify for VA disability compensation if they have a service-connected illness or injury—caused or worsened by active military service—resulting in a disability rating from 10% to 100%.