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After leaving the military, NPR’s public service mission gave us a new opportunity to serve
Federal funding for public broadcasting has been in the headlines in recent months, most recently because the House passed a bill that would revoke funds for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting that Congress has already approved. But when we...

Guest Oped: EPA is Cleaning Up Trenton’s Historic Potteries Site
By Michael Martucci, Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Region 2 If you grew up in Trenton, you may remember the tall brick smokestacks and kilns that dotted the skyline. The East Trenton and Top Road neighborhoods were...

Washington State ranks 8th in total VA home loans during Q1
Denis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Official websiteDenis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Official website Washington ranked eighth in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 4,118 loans issued,...

Trump’s Destruction of America
Trump’s highly unpopular murder budget that he signed on July 4 is widely recognized as deeply damaging to America’s health and well-being. Most obviously, the cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act alone — the largest healthcare cuts in...

Nevada ranks 15th in total VA home loans during Q1
Nevada ranked 15th in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 2,193 loans issued, according to the Veterans' Affairs Home Loans Index. The VA assists service members, veterans and eligible surviving spouses to achieve...

Michigan ranks 20th in total VA home loans during Q1
Kimberly M. Jackson VA Chief of Staff | https://department.va.govKimberly M. Jackson VA Chief of Staff | https://department.va.gov Michigan ranked 20th in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 2,892 loans issued, according...

South Carolina ranks 12th in total VA home loans during Q1
Kimberly M. Jackson VA Chief of Staff | https://department.va.govKimberly M. Jackson VA Chief of Staff | https://department.va.gov South Carolina ranked 12th in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 4,599 loans issued,...

California ranks 2nd in total VA home loans during Q1
California ranked second in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 7,962 loans issued, according to the Veterans' Affairs Home Loans Index. The VA assists service members, veterans and eligible surviving spouses to achieve...

Alabama ranks 14th in total VA home loans during Q1
Denis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Official websiteDenis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Official website Alabama ranked 14th in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 3,806 loans issued,...

Tennessee ranks 11th in total VA home loans during Q1
Denis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Official websiteDenis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Official website Tennessee ranked 11th in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 4,765 loans issued,...

West Virginia ranks 44th in total VA home loans during Q1
Denis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Official websiteDenis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Official website West Virginia ranked 44th in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 790 loans issued,...

Delaware ranks 45th in total VA home loans during Q1
Kimberly M. Jackson VA Chief of Staff | https://department.va.govKimberly M. Jackson VA Chief of Staff | https://department.va.gov Delaware ranked 45th in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 585 loans issued, according...

Maine ranks 43rd in total VA home loans during Q1
Kimberly M. Jackson VA Chief of Staff | https://department.va.govKimberly M. Jackson VA Chief of Staff | https://department.va.gov Maine ranked 43rd in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 675 loans issued, according to...

De Los turns 2. Here's what we did over the last year
On the night of July 9, 2023, one of the De Los editors — they shall remain nameless — accidentally flipped the site live while doing some last-minute revisions, a full 12 hours before our announced launch date. And so, after nearly a year of...

South Dakota ranks 47th in total VA home loans during Q1
Denis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | BallotpediaDenis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Ballotpedia South Dakota ranked 47th in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 449 loans issued, according to...

Ohio ranks 13th in total VA home loans during Q1
Denis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Official websiteDenis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Official website Ohio ranked 13th in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 4,542 loans issued, according...

Send App by Flutterwave Returns to the U.S., Empowering Transfers to Africa
Advertisements For millions of Africans living in the United States, sending money home isn’t just a transaction—it’s a lifeline, a love letter in digits, a way to say “I’m still here with you,” across oceans and time zones. Now, that bond just...

U.S. Travelers Rejoice After American Airlines Finally Caves And Reinstates Popular Rule Starting Now
Becoming an AAdvantage member comes with valuable perks. Loyalty program members can unlock new and exciting perks at the start of 2026, including free WiFi. That's not all. There are other incentives, such as a dining program, which can help...

Hawaii ranks 25th in total VA home loans during Q1
Hawaii ranked 25th in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 859 loans issued, according to the Veterans' Affairs Home Loans Index. The VA assists service members, veterans and eligible surviving spouses to achieve...

Oregon ranks 22nd in total VA home loans during Q1
Denis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | BallotpediaDenis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Ballotpedia Oregon ranked 22nd in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 1,621 loans issued, according to the...