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On Wednesday, the Senate passed Sen. John Kennedy’s (R-LA) amendment protecting military veterans’ Second Amendment rights from Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) overreach.

President Joe Biden (D) caught flak after inferring that black, Hispanic, and veteran workers do not have high school diplomas.

Nearly five dozen veterans — including four from World War II — took part in the latest Greater St. Louis Honor Flight on Tuesday, traveling to Washington, DC, to commemorate fallen heroes by visiting war memorials along the National Mall as well as Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

Veterans for Trump called on Moore Capito, a leading West Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate, to apologize for “shameful stolen valor” after he featured a photo of himself on his campaign website that critics say appears to mislead voters into thinking he is a veteran.

A wounded veteran from North Carolina received the keys to his mortgage-free home on Saturday.

A talented suit maker in Addison, Texas, is using his passion for the craft to serve the nation’s veterans.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said her legislation would solve the Veterans Administration backlog on her podcast, Unmuted with Marsha. 

CharitiesForVets, an organization that helps donors vet military veteran charities based on how much in donations they take in, and how much they spend on actual veteran services.

While Americans consistently rank Christmas as the most important holiday, followed by the Fourth of July, the importance of Memorial Day is “rated higher than ever,” Rasmussen Reports found.

Jason Trennert, CEO of Strategist Securities LLC and leader of the Poppy Project, spoke with Breitbart News about his efforts to bring the practice of wearing poppies to Wall Street, a forgotten practice meant to show respect to the veterans who have served this country. 

House Republicans demanded answers from the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority about why it increased the fees for Veterans Service Organizations (VSO) volunteers who assist veterans at Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA) traveling “Honor Flights,” according to a letter led by Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT).

A young man in Otsego, Michigan, is working hard to ensure his local cemeteries are spotless.

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has a five-point policy plan to assist United States veterans, including a vision to require members of Congress to obtain their healthcare through the Department of Veterans of Affairs (VA), Breitbart News has learned.

A RAND Corporation study released Tuesday found that support for extremist groups and ideals was lower among military veterans than the general population, despite a Democrat and left-wing media narrative suggesting it is higher.

A veteran who was nearly killed in Afghanistan serving in the British Army, became the first double above-the-knee amputee to climb Everest.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) introduced a bill Tuesday that would keep Arlington and other national cemeteries open if a debt ceiling is breached and there is a lapse in appropriations, Breitbart News has learned.

Refusing housing to homeless veterans while clearing space to accommodate undocumented migrants is a “new and shameful low for our nation,” according to Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney of New York, who urged President Joe Biden to “reevaluate” his priorities.

The Biden administration is “destroying our identity as a nation” and essentially “erasing us,” according to conservative radio legend Michael Savage, who warned that U.S. borders are being “dissolved” and American culture “bastardized.”

Twenty homeless veterans from the Vietnam and Afghanistan wars have reportedly been booted out of hotels in upstate New York before their expected stays were over, likely to make room for incoming migrants.

President Joe Biden falsely claimed again on Tuesday that Republicans’ legislation to raise the debt ceiling and curb spending cuts “$22 billion in veterans’ healthcare.”

President Joe Biden in a tweet on Sunday falsely claimed that “MAGA Republicans” want to “undermine veterans’ health care.”

The Veterans Crisis Line fielded a record number of calls, texts, and chats in March — the highest amount of monthly contacts ever, according to a recent report.

Senate Democrats narrowly blocked a Republican-led resolution on Wednesday that would have overturned a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rule forcing taxpayers to fund abortions at VA medical facilities.

A woman who once worked at a VA hospital was sentenced to 70 months in prison for using stolen information to commit over $250,000 in fraud.

A terminally ill veteran has been gifted a dream trip to visit the war memorials in Washington, DC, at the end of January.

More than a dozen combat veterans made an appeal Wednesday for their colleagues in Congress to elect House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as speaker, raising the point that the position’s vacancy means national security work is on hold.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was spotted volunteering at Arlington National Cemetery Saturday, honoring the nation’s veterans.

Hundreds of soldiers and their families have been housed in mouldy homes with no heating or hot water as boat migrants are put up in hotels.

Mike Gabler, the winner of Survivor 43, announced during the season’s aftershow Wednesday night that he will donate his $1 million prize to veterans in need.

The groups sent a letter to Congress warning that taxpayers could end up funding abortions by the VA under a new Biden administration rule.

The White House revealed the meeting over social media, as they posted images of the meeting on Twitter.

The main war memorial in Edinburgh, Scotland, was set on fire within 24 hours of its having been the centrepiece of the nation’s Remembrance Sunday commemorations for the fallen.

The UK fell silent on Remembrance Sunday as King Charles III led the nation in honouring servicemen and women who lost their lives.

Residents of Longview, Texas, honored a World War II veteran as they gathered to celebrate his 102nd birthday.

Fifteen veterans returned to Bedford, Virginia, after visiting Washington, DC, through the Honor Flight program this past weekend. But for one Vietnam War veteran on the trip, it was extra significant.

The Canadian government has invested around $4 million to partner with a local government to buy back beachfront land and prevent a building development at Juno, the D-Day landing beach Canadian soldiers stormed in 1944.