Stars and Stripes — Veterans

Independent military newspaper — veterans section · Stars and Stripes, the independent newspaper for the U.S. military community; its Veterans hub aggregates its VA and benefits reporting

The military community’s own newspaper, independent of the Pentagon it covers, and its Veterans section is a standing desk for the doors families actually use: VA home loans, caregiver support, benefits bills, and VA fraud cases. It publishes daily — the hub carried new veterans stories on October 23, 2026, the week this profile was written, including a Federal Circuit ruling that stripped a disabled veteran of his home-loan funding-fee refund. Straight reporting, no VA framing, no advocacy gloss.

Why we carry them. Independent reporting on the exact programs families depend on — the home loan, the caregiver benefit, the fraud case — from a newsroom that answers to readers, not the department.

Start here — their essential work

• Court rules against disabled veteran seeking refund of VA home loan funding fees (2026-10-23) — The Federal Circuit ruled a disabled veteran was not entitled to a refund of VA home-loan funding fees — a benefits loss decided in court, reported the day it landed.
• VA secretary visits Japan bases, plans more trips to remote duty posts to hear from troops (2026-10-23) — Secretary Collins in Japan, promising more trips to remote posts to hear from troops — the secretary’s public rounds, on the record.
• House passes bill requiring drug prescribers to inform veterans about all available treatments (2026-10-23) — The House passed an informed-consent bill that would require prescribers to tell veterans about all available treatments — a right families have had to fight for one case at a time.
• ‘I will become the monster’: The fraud scheme that stole thousands from a vulnerable South Carolina veteran (2026-10-23) — A fraud scheme that stole thousands from a vulnerable veteran — the predation beat this section covers as a standing warning to families.
• Heroic acts land Army pilots at the Alamo for an elite award (2026-10-23) — Army pilots honored at the Alamo with the Broken Wing Award for heroic acts — the service-and-recognition side of the veterans record.
• Air Force veteran who took in a wounded Ukrainian soldier is still raising money for veterans causes (2026-10-23) — An Air Force veteran who took in a wounded Ukrainian soldier, still raising money for veterans’ causes — veterans caring for veterans, across borders.

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