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Millions spent, benefits delayed: VA faces scrutiny over digital GI Bill

Millions spent, benefits delayed: VA faces scrutiny over digital GI Bill

by Alexia Sextou | Feb 5, 2026 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Bi-partisan lawmakers accused the Department of Veterans Affairs’ representatives of mismanagement at a hearing on the digital GI Bill on Wednesday morning, since the program’s cost has ballooned and veterans have faced delayed education and housing...
Trump’s NSA nominee calls 9/11 surveillance law “critical,” as Congress debates renewing it

Trump’s NSA nominee calls 9/11 surveillance law “critical,” as Congress debates renewing it

by Alexia Sextou | Jan 29, 2026 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — As Congress considers whether to renew surveillance legislation enacted after Sept. 11, 2001, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command told senators that authority is “indispensable.”  “I know it’s...
ICE data-sharing concerns dominate Homeland Security Committee hearing

ICE data-sharing concerns dominate Homeland Security Committee hearing

by Alexia Sextou | Jan 22, 2026 | Featured, Immigration

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers grilled officials from the Transportation Security Administration and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency about their involvement in enforcing immigration law in the Homeland Security Committee’s first full hearing of the year...
Republicans, Democrats clash over causes of November National Guard shooting

Republicans, Democrats clash over causes of November National Guard shooting

by Alexia Sextou | Jan 15, 2026 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — Senators from two subcommittees Wednesday disagreed on the effectiveness of former president Joe Biden’s Afghan parolee program and whether it contributed to a November shooting of two National Guard members in Washington D.C. The alleged shooter, Afghan...

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