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The complex dynamics among veterans' groups reflect general exhaustion with war among American voters and shifting domestic politics. WASHINGTON -- An antiwar alliance of veterans that emerged from the conflicts [...]

Several governors are seeking exemptions for their National Guard troops. WASHINGTON -- The vast majority of active-duty troops in the Army and the Navy are vaccinated against the coronavirus, and [...]

Under the agreement, commanders' powers would be clipped after years of complaints about unfairness and retaliation. WASHINGTON -- House and Senate negotiators reached a landmark agreement on Tuesday that would [...]

The state says its National Guard members do not need to be vaccinated. Pentagon officials say a failure to follow ''valid medical readiness requirements'' could ''jeopardize'' the status of troops. [...]

The trend could be a harbinger of more ballot choices in 2022, as more cities and states take aim at rising rents. A slew of initiatives aimed at the addressing [...]

The majority of active-duty troops have gotten a mandatory coronavirus vaccine ahead of deadline, with religious-based exemptions largely dismissed. WASHINGTON -- Two months after the Pentagon began requiring all troops [...]

Congress mandated renaming military bases that commemorate Confederate leaders. The communities around them are now weighing in. FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- Braxton Bragg was an ill-tempered, largely failed Confederate general from [...]

The military and the Department of Veterans Affairs report higher inoculation rates, as do some companies and states, but they have a long way to go. WASHINGTON -- President Biden's [...]

Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III said he will issue the order once the F.D.A. has fully approved the vaccine. If that hasn't occurred by mid-September, he may seek to [...]

The military is trying to navigate how to get more service members to take the shot without issuing an order. COLORADO SPRINGS -- Three soldiers in camouflage were crowded around [...]

The first group of Afghan interpreters and others who helped Americans during the war will stay on an Army base in Virginia until they are resettled. WASHINGTON -- The first [...]

California and New York City announced the mandates for their employees, while the Department of Veterans Affairs said frontline health care workers must get vaccinated or face possible termination. The [...]

Employees who provide direct patient care have eight weeks to get inoculated against the coronavirus or face penalties including possible removal. WASHINGTON -- The Department of Veterans Affairs will require [...]

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York has spent years building support for a measure to remove commanders from decisions about prosecuting sex crimes, but some colleagues now worry it goes [...]

A legislative clash looms over whether the military justice system should be overhauled to change the way all serious crimes are handled. WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III [...]

The House voted to repeal the 2002 authorization for the invasion of Iraq, and the Senate will consider doing so as well in a rare debate over war powers. WASHINGTON [...]

Lloyd Austin signaled support for removing sexual assault cases from the military chain of command but declined to endorse a broader measure to deal with other serious crimes. WASHINGTON -- [...]

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has won broad backing for legislation that would cut out the military chain of command in such cases. Now she faces another big hurdle. WASHINGTON -- Over [...]

The shift mirrors broader societal frustrations after two decades of wars, a pervasive problem of sexual assault and harassment of female troops and the exposure of political extremism in the [...]

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has fought for years to remove commanders from deciding assault cases. Now, more colleagues and a Pentagon panel agree. WASHINGTON -- After decades of failing to curb [...]

Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III said he found the video from a visibly distraught female Marine ''deeply disturbing.'' WASHINGTON -- Before his first news conference as defense secretary on [...]

For a vast majority of Americans, a coronavirus vaccine is like sleep for a new parent: It's all you can think about, even if you have no idea when you [...]

President Trump's supporters hope he is the president to end America's longest war. WASHINGTON -- Consistent is not the adjective many would use to describe President Trump's national security policy. [...]

Byline: Jennifer Steinhauer and Zolan Kanno-Youngs Election experts say President Trump's messaging, the pandemic and other factors are creating a tension around casting ballots not seen since the Jim Crow [...]

WASHINGTON -- A move by House Democratic leaders to thwart party members from mounting primary challenges to incumbents, even in safe Democratic districts, could have the unintended consequence of arresting [...]

WASHINGTON -- The relationship began in the most Washington way ever: on the set of C-Span. Will Fischer, then the director of government relations for VoteVets, the liberal political action [...]

WASHINGTON -- Veterans who live as little as a 30-minute drive from a Veterans Affairs health care facility will instead be able to choose private care, the most significant change [...]

WASHINGTON -- The Department of Veterans Affairs is preparing to shift billions of dollars from government-run veterans' hospitals to private health care providers, setting the stage for the biggest transformation [...]

WASHINGTON -- With the federal deficit growing and President Trump suddenly talking about another tax cut, the conversation in Washington has turned to the inevitable question of how -- or [...]

OTTAWA -- For the seasonal salad at the popular Oz Kafe here, the shavings of Gouda cheese are a salty and delicious culinary accompaniment. To the United States, they are [...]

WASHINGTON -- The United States and Canada are aiming to reach a deal by the end of the week that keeps the three-country North American Free Trade Agreement intact, as [...]

WASHINGTON -- Most people do not become United States senators to pass a resolution declaring National Lobster Day. But Congress has had to settle largely for small-bore victories since President [...]

WASHINGTON -- Over the past week, as Senate Republicans feverishly cobbled together their doomed health care bill, Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader, made several quiet visits to the private ''hideaway'' [...]

WASHINGTON -- The closing argument was a curious one: Vote yes, Republican leaders told the holdouts in their conference. We promise it will never become law. After seven years of [...]

WASHINGTON -- For years, congressional Republicans have promised that their policy ideas, paired with a Republican in the White House, would lead to an instant obliteration of President Barack Obama's [...]

WASHINGTON -- President Trump was fed up with the grind of health care legislation, and at a dinner with Republican senators on Monday at the White House, he let them [...]

WASHINGTON -- In the end, Republicans relearned a lesson that has bedeviled them since the New Deal: An American entitlement, once established, can almost never be retracted. Since the day [...]

WASHINGTON -- A week that Senate Republicans had hoped would mobilize conservatives and shore up support for their measure to repeal the Affordable Care Act instead ended with eroding enthusiasm, [...]

WASHINGTON -- Shortly after President Trump won the White House, a cluster of Senate Democrats began the search for common cause with the unlikely new president, scouring the populist policy [...]

WASHINGTON -- Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, has long enjoyed a reputation as a master tactician. But when it comes to repealing the Affordable Care Act, he [...]

WASHINGTON -- Senator Dean Heller, Republican of Nevada, is the man everyone wants. This has not been a good thing for him. Brian Sandoval, the governor of Mr. Heller's home [...]

WASHINGTON -- When it comes to managing Republicans' best interests, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, rarely loses. So it is possible that Mr. McConnell views the potential [...]

CORRECTION APPENDEDWASHINGTON -- A growing rift among Senate Republicans over federal spending on Medicaid and the opioid epidemic is imperiling legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act that Senate leaders [...]

WASHINGTON -- President Trump on Tuesday bluntly derided a House attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act as ''mean,'' and in doing so, injected himself in a brewing Senate battle [...]

WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans are closing in on a bill to repeal President Barack Obama's signature health care law, diverging from the House on pre-existing medical conditions and maintaining federal [...]

BANGOR, Me. -- Hundreds of miles from the health care debate that will begin again this week in Congress, lobstermen here are out in force, bees are furiously pollinating the [...]

WASHINGTON -- Shortly after President Trump took office, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, met privately with his colleagues to discuss the Republican agenda. Repealing the Affordable Care [...]

WASHINGTON -- The Senate passed a significant milestone this year: 21 of its members are now women, the highest number in American history. But as the recent wrangling over the [...]

WASHINGTON -- In voting to repeal President Barack Obama's signature health care law, House Republicans finally made progress on a key Trump administration goal and on a campaign promise that [...]

WASHINGTON -- The new bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act is dead, killed off by House Republicans who never actually read the legislation -- because in fact, it never [...]