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Authorities have taken Scott Kohn into custody for an accused “billion dollar Ponzi scheme” that targeted vulnerable veterans.

A veteran battling Huntington’s disease told Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) – who held a town hall in Carson City, Nevada, on Friday – that he is considering suicide due to the crippling amount of medical debt he has accumulated.

The Gary Sinise Foundation announced Wednesday that it plans to build smart homes for two police officers shot in the line of duty. 

Secretary of State Michael Pompeo is speaking Tuesday on foreign policy at the American Legion Convention in Indianapolis at 11:50 ET.

The president spoke to the AMVETS Convention in Kentucky on Wednesday, announcing his decision and signing the document.

Twenty-one U.S. flags were stolen from veterans’ graves in South Carolina on the Fourth of July and later burned by unsuspecting vandals.

A majority of veterans approve of the way President Trump is handling his duties as commander in chief of the military, according to Pew.

Rodney Smith Jr., 29, of Huntsville, Alabama, wrapped up his nationwide yard work tour in Hawaii on Thursday.

Journalists were surprised to learn Thursday, on the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, that many of the American veterans of that historic battle support President Donald Trump.

DOVER, England (AP) – It took but a few moments for retired Rear Adm. John Roberts to get back into the swing of military life as he arrived Sunday at the English Channel port of Dover to board a ship bound for Normandy and events marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

Two military veterans stormed out of a private meeting with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) after she made a few remarks bashing President Donald Trump’s foreign policy.

ABOARD AN INVASION SHIP (AP) – This story was first published on June 5, 1944, hours before AP journalist Don Whitehead, who became known by his colleagues as “Beachhead Don” landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy on D-Day with the 1st Infantry Division. The AP is republishing Whitehead’s original report to mark the 75th anniversary of the assault that began the liberation of France and Europe from German occupation, leading to the end of World War II.

Matt Naylor, president and CEO of the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, MO, noted the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) estimate of 140 weekly suicides among veterans, offering his remarks ahead of Memorial Day in a Friday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight with host Rebecca Mansour and special guest host Rick Manning.

A Florida couple was charged with theft after allegedly scamming a homeless veteran out of his life savings of more than $50,000.

Frank Manchel, 95, passed suddenly on his flight home from an all expenses paid trip for veterans to the World War II memorial.

C.J. “Red” Wallace was delivered in a white limousine to a restaurant bedecked by employees in celebration of his centennial birthday.

“That was a great victory, we knew how to win wars, that was a tremendous victory,” Trump said after visiting with the four WWII veterans. 

President Trump already has significant achievements on health care that can be summarized as follows: more choice, lower prices, life-saving drugs.

British military veterans have reacted with anger after prosecutors said they will charge ‘Soldier F’ with the murder of two men and the attempted murders of four others during the ‘Bloody Sunday’ protest in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, in 1972.

The Veterans Home of California in Yountville has threatened “involuntary discharge” if Artis Breau does not step down as a volunteer Bible study leader.

A father of a Navy SEAL thanked President Donald Trump for making the issue of veteran suicides a priority.

The signing event at the White House is scheduled to begin at 1:45 p.m. EST

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday to create a cabinet-level task force to address the national tragedy of veteran suicides, a senior administration official confirmed. The task force will be led by Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie

NEW YORK (AP) — John Mayer is launching a foundation focused on improving the health of veterans through scientific research.

Activists successfully campaigned to get the Pledge of Allegiance reinstated into the Santa Barbara Community College’s board meeting agenda.

HUD Secretary Ben Carson announced on Friday that his agency would provide $2 billion in grants for homeless programs across the country.

A poll of United States service members and veterans finds that only 39 percent approve of transgender individuals serving in the military.

President Trump has always shown a fondness for the military rank-and-file, often saluting the Marines who man Marine One.

A new poll shows that a majority of veterans — both current and former service members — said they approve of the job President Donald Trump is doing and approve of his handling of border security and terrorism.

Karen Worcester, executive director of Wreaths Across America, told Breitbart News of her charity’s mission to honor fallen veterans across America by laying wreaths across military servicepersons’ graves. She joined Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow on a recent edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily.

China’s state-run Global Times announced the arrest Sunday of ten individuals for participating in a protest urging the Communist Party to issue promised pensions to veterans of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in October.

On Tuesday, former United States Senator Bob Dole dictated that he be assisted out of his wheelchair to pay respect and salute former President George H.W. Bush as he laid in state at the Capitol Rotunda.

Second World War veteran Peter Gouldstone, 98, has died in hospital after a savage beating in his London home.

Rappers Cam’ron and Jim Jones, known from their hip-hop group The Diplomats, reportedly angered veterans after wearing what appeared to be military medals during a show in New York City.

Veterans from the University of Alabama and Auburn University have united to march 150 miles as one to raise awareness for the 22 veterans lost each day to suicide.

Breitbart News recently sat down with Housing and Urban Development Secreatary Ben Carson to talk about the gains made at the agency.