(CNN)Here is a look at the US Department of Veterans Affairs. US President Donald Trump requested an appropriation of $220.2 billion for the department in the 2020 Budget, a 9.6% increase over 2019. Timeline:1789 – The new US government passes
Turkey-backed Syrian rebel fighters ride on a military truck at the border town of Tel Abyad, Syria, on Monday. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi – RC1A42D723C0 A U.S. official said troops are still in the town, preparing to leave. The U.S. has had
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Thousands take to streets of West Bank and Gaza to see and observe the triumph in the extremely popular pan-Middle East present Palestinians have taken to the road to observe the success of the compatriot Yaqoub Shaheen in the Middle
(CNN.com)One guy is in custody after a collision at a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans hurt at least 28 people, five critically, authorities said. Police Chief Michael Harrison said it seemed the defendant, who had been driving a pickup
(CNN.com)The stunning conclusion by press-secretary Sean Spicer to bar CNN.com, The New York Times, Buzzfeed, Politico as well as the Los Angeles Times from a news briefing Friday signs that, for all its bluster and bravado, the Trump White House
Former soccer player gets mild sentence for attacking his handicapped teammate in an incident which has drawn comparison to Stanford swimmer Brock Turner A Idaho judge has sentenced a white former high-school football-player to only 300 hrs of community support
(CNN.com)Jeremy Luby was waiting on a to go buy at Austins Bar and Grill when he noticed a guy giving two guys from India a difficult time. Luby told CNN that he was having smoking and a drink on the
The rookie had just prepared on wheels before arriving in Finland to compete in the Nordic world ski championships First there was Eddie the Eagle, then Cool Runnings. Now theres Adrian Solano, a Venezuelan skier whose only instruction for handling