Aliss Higham is a Newsweek reporter based in Glasgow, Scotland. Her focus is reporting on Social Security, other government benefits and personal finance. She has previously extensively covered U.S.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs offers veterans and active-duty military members a number of benefits, including VA home loans. When you use this benefit, the home must be your ...

Veterans advocates and Democrats criticized a Washington Post report saying it cherry-picked cases from millions of rightful ...

At a Senate hearing, Sen. Tommy Tuberville questioned whether the VBA needs subject matter experts to examine claims ...

Rachel Witkowski is an award-winning journalist whose 20-year career spans a wide range of topics in finance, government regulation and congressional reporting. Ms. Witkowski has spent the last decade ...

Veterans have many options when it comes to financial assistance Fact checked by Suzanne Kvilhaug Reviewed by Katie Miller Fact checked by Suzanne Kvilhaug Reviewed by Katie Miller While there are no ...

Doug Collins warned that the “disruptive” impact of the shutdown that started Oct. 1 has implications on VA’s ability to ...