Big Beautiful Bill Act makes seismic changes to the financial structure of SNAP, basically shifting much of the program cost ...

Review the data and the need for universal health insurance coverage of our population is obvious, Bob Newman, M.D., writes ...

With an ABLE account, a disabled person can have up to $100,000 without losing access to means-tested programs such as Supplemental Security Income and Medicaid benefits. Millions more Americans with ...

The Catholic War Veterans will hold its annual soup sale, “Soup-er Sunday,” from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1, at 290 Valley Ave., Altoona. All proceeds will benefit Families United For Change. There ...

Criteria the VA developed in 1945 do not align with modern medicine, employment and the impact of disabilities on a veteran’s ...

The Trump administration was accused on Wednesday of dragging its feet in delivering congressionally agreed benefits to Pacific island nations being courted by China to try to woo them away from the U ...

Linn County Veterans Services helped local veterans and their families obtain about $414,661 in government benefits from October through December 2025, Commissi ...

Discover the Ticket to Work Program, a free initiative helping disability beneficiaries work without losing crucial benefits ...

One month after two Iowa Guardsmen were killed and three injured in Syria, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds proposed improvements to ...

The Tunnel to Towers Foundation is in the process of opening four new Veterans Villages as part of an aggressive expansion with the aim of creating housing for homeless veterans in a total of more ...

Around 6.5 million U.S. veterans receive monthly, tax-free disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), providing financial support to those whose injuries or illnesses were ...

The VA loan program rebounded sharply in Fiscal Year 2025, reversing last year’s slowdown and underscoring the resilience of one of the nation’s most powerful homebuying benefits. A new analysis from ...