Ahead of a hearing with the Veterans Affairs Secretary Tuesday, advocates turned up the heat in their fight to help vets exposed to toxic burn pits. "We need everybody to contact their senators," 9/11 ...

Tens of thousands of veterans and service members stationed at military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan say exposure to trash fires or “burn pits” has left them with breathing problems and other chronic ...

The U.S. military has not properly tracked whether service members are exposed to burn pits, according to a new report by Pentagon’s internal watchdog. During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, intent on selling his legislative accomplishments this election year, will travel to New Hampshire on Tuesday to detail the impact of a law that helps veterans ...

An Afghan National Army pickup truck passes parked U.S. armored military vehicles as smoke rises from a fire in a trash burn pit at Forward Operating Base Caferetta Nawzad, Helmand province south of ...

The impact of VA Secretary Collins' staffing cuts remains hazy, not unlike the downwind side of a burn pit, Dan Clare of DAV argues in this op-ed. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) In 2008, I left Balad Air ...

A law passed under President Joe Biden has helped veterans get key benefits as a result of burn pit or other toxic exposure during their service. His administration said Tuesday more than 1 million ...

You can't tell by looking at him, but retired Staff Sgt. Wesley Black is about to die. He's just 35 years old. And today he's having what he calls a good day. "I could be dead tomorrow. I could live ...

(The Hill) – Democratic lawmakers and veterans’ groups are fuming over a provision in a stopgap federal spending bill passed by House Republicans this week that would cut a Department of Veteran ...

The bill could provide health care for as many as 3.5 million veterans. Comedian Jon Stewart joined lawmakers to unveil broad legislation on Wednesday that would make it easier for veterans exposed to ...