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View all →House Delays Sweeping Veterans Bill Amid Dispute Over Disability Benefit Changes
House leaders delayed a final vote on the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act after a dispute over how the legislation would pay for new and expanded veterans programs. The package combines more than 60 proposals, including measures benefiting combat-disabled retirees, surviving spouses and some National Guard and Reserve members. Many of those individual proposals have support across party lines. The central disagreement concerns provisions tied to possible changes in how the Department of Veterans Affairs evaluates tinnitus and sleep apnea claims. Supporters argue that the VA was already moving toward revising those ratings and that Congress could direct the resulting savings toward other veterans programs instead of allowing the money to return to the Treasury. Opponents say future veterans should not receive reduced compensation so Congress can finance benefits for other groups.
Deadly Texas Flooding Prompts Expanded Emergency Response and Federal Disaster Request
Severe rainfall caused dangerous flash flooding across parts of the Texas Hill Country and South Texas, leaving at least two people dead, forcing water rescues and damaging roads and homes. Governor Greg Abbott requested a federal major disaster declaration covering 28 counties while state and local agencies expanded emergency operations. The sources broadly agree on the scale of the immediate danger, but they emphasize different parts of the crisis. Some focus on deaths and personal loss, others on rainfall forecasts and the region’s flood-prone geography, while state and local officials emphasize rescues, deployed resources and preparations for additional flooding. The largest unanswered questions concern the total damage, whether more casualties will be discovered and how much further downstream flooding may spread.
Todd Blanche Defends Independence From Trump in Contentious Attorney General Hearing
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told the Senate Judiciary Committee that his previous work as President Donald Trump’s personal defense lawyer would not prevent him from independently leading the Justice Department. Blanche emphasized his earlier career as a federal prosecutor and said advising a president does not require unquestioning loyalty. The five-hour hearing repeatedly returned to whether Blanche has sufficiently separated his current public duties from his former representation of Trump. Senators questioned him about a Justice Department settlement involving Trump’s tax-return lawsuit, an abandoned compensation fund for alleged victims of politicized prosecutions, investigations involving Trump’s adversaries, the release of Jeffrey Epstein records and pardons connected to the January 6 Capitol attack. Blanche accepted responsibility for mistakes in the Epstein-file release and said a proposed $1.8 billion compensation fund would not move forward. He nevertheless defended the tax settlement and the department’s recent priorities. Several Democrats remained firmly opposed, while at least one Republican whose vote may determine whether the nomination advances said he was still undecided after the hearing.
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