CAIRO (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump threatened more strikes on Iran as the United States presses for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Hours later on Saturday, Kuwait said it responded to a new round of drone attacks from Iran while a tanker was struck in the strategic waterway. Meanwhile, Israel heavily struck the Gaza Strip after the Palestinian militant group Hamas agreed to disarm. Here are the most important developments in the Middle East today: US threatens new strikes in the conflict with Iran Speaking to reporters Friday during a meeting with members of his Cabinet at…
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The Department of Veterans Affairs hit 2 million processed disability claims by June of this year — weeks ahead of any prior record — with average wait times cut nearly in half and the backlog under 75,000. Veterans advocates say speed matters, but accuracy matters more. The Department of Veterans Affairs announced June 10 that it had processed more than 2 million disability benefits claims in fiscal 2026 as of June 1, faster than at any point in the agency’s history. The prior record was set in fiscal year 2025, when VA hit the 2 million mark in late June.…
On May 18, 1917, six weeks after the United States declared war on Germany, Congress passed the Selective Service Act. It was the first national draft since the Civil War, and it changed the daily reality of nearly every young man in the country almost overnight. If you want to know whether you would have been called up, the honest answer depends on exactly how old you were, what you did for a living, and how the war’s demand for manpower shifted over its final 18 months. The First Registration: June 5, 1917 The government designated June 5, 1917 as…
Most people assume the World War II draft began the day after Pearl Harbor. It didn’t. The United States started conscripting men more than a year before it entered the war, and the rules that governed who got called up changed dramatically once it did. Whether you’d have gone depends heavily on which version of the draft you’re asking about. The First Peacetime Draft in American History On Sept. 16, 1940, with France already fallen and Britain under siege, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Selective Training and Service Act, commonly called the Burke-Wadsworth Act. It required all men between 21…
It’s a scam that’s been happening to unsuspecting veterans across the country. So-called “claims sharks” rip off those who put their lives on the line for our country, by charging them exorbitant fees to file veterans’ disability claims. These “sharks,” as identified in a new bipartisan bill in Congress, are characterized as companies or individuals with predatory practices that target veterans under the guise of helping them file VA benefit claims—at an extra cost. “These brave men and women earned their benefits, and it’s our job to stop any bad actors who try to take advantage and scam them,” U.S.…
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As the U.S. military looks for ways to keep bases powered during outages, attacks or fuel disruptions, one nuclear energy executive says small reactors could eventually help solve a problem that diesel reserves alone may not be able to answer. James Walker, a nuclear physicist and CEO of NANO Nuclear Energy, told Military.com that military installations are expected to operate independently of the electrical grid for roughly two weeks, but many bases cannot realistically meet that requirement without enormous fuel stores. “Military bases at the moment have a mandate to be able to be self-sufficient for power for about two…
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As executive director and co-creator of the Veterans Art Institute (VAI), Laura Taylor, a Navy veteran, often thinks of creative ideas to inspire her next art project. And when Captain Morgan decided to relaunch its limited-edition military design bottle to honor veterans and active-duty personnel, one of the world’s leading rum producers reached out to Taylor to craft the perfect image. For this task, she didn’t have to search far and wide for inspiration; she simply thought of her late father, Vietnam War veteran Daniel Meisenhelder. Meisenhelder served in the Army and was a member of C Company, 15th Battalion,…
