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EMBARGO: No electronic distribution, Web posting or street sales before Wednesday 3 a.m. ET Aug. 12, 2020. No exceptions for any reasons. EMBARGO set by source.**Lacey Kowalski wipes down a table at Pinewood Social, the restaurant where she works in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. Socially distanced tables are equipped with sneeze guards separating booths at the restaurant. (William DeShazer/The New York Times) XNYT214 XNYT214

August 12, 2020 at 4:00 pm

The nation wanted to eat out again. Everyone has paid the price.

Short-term gains of economic reopening have led to broader losses. State and city data shows that many community outbreaks of the coronavirus this summer have...

Business

June 29, 2020 at 6:16 am

Ready for Fourth fun? How to have friends over safely

With careful planning, a cautious mind and some creative design, getting together with a limited number of people can be done.

President Donald Trump walks to St. John’s Episcopal Church from the White House in Washington, Monday, June, 1, 2020, for a photo op. The death of George Floyd, an African-American man, in police custody, has ignited protests across the country. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) XNYT168 XNYT168

June 2, 2020 at 11:16 am

Former commanders condemn Trump’s use of troops against protesters

For three years, U.S. military officials have expressed private concerns that President Donald Trump does not understand either his role as commander in chief or...

March 26, 2020 at 4:33 am

Job Vacancies and Inexperience Mar Federal Response to Coronavirus

WASHINGTON — Of the 75 senior positions at the Department of Homeland Security, 20 are either vacant or filled by acting officials, including Chad Wolf,...

Veteran’s Center in Los Angeles, on Jan. 31, 2020. In California’s biggest city, a nearly 400-acre campus with new housing represents one of the country’s most ambitious plans to address veteran homelessness. (Jessica Pons/The New York Times)

February 18, 2020 at 8:38 pm

As homelessness plagues Los Angeles, success comes for veterans

In California’s biggest city, a nearly 400-acre campus with new housing represents one of the country’s most ambitious plans to address veteran homelessness.

Nation & World

November 23, 2019 at 10:38 am

Airlines and Veterans Riled by Conduct Unbecoming a Support Dog

WASHINGTON — It seemed, in retrospect, a bit of a low point — a medium-size dog racing through an airplane at 30,000 feet, spraying diarrhea...

Nation & World

November 2, 2019 at 11:11 am

Trump’s opposition to ‘endless wars’ appeals to those who fought them

WASHINGTON — Tyler Wade was awarded the Purple Heart while serving in Afghanistan, and says he is “proud of everything” he did during his service....

Nation & World

June 21, 2019 at 4:48 pm

Veterans agency to offer new depression drug, despite cost and safety concerns

Confronted by a rising rate of suicides in some groups of veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs on Friday decided to approve the use of...

Nation & World

**EMBARGO: No electronic distribution, Web posting or street sales before MONDAY 2:30 a.m. ET MAY 27, 2019. No exceptions for any reasons. EMBARGO set by source.** Roses lie in the reflecting pool after a wreath-laying ceremony at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial, the nation’s only major memorial to female veterans, in Arlington, Va., May 16, 2019. Contributions to the memorial have flagged, and federal money has become stretched across an expanding landscape of tributes. (Lexey Swall/The New York Times)
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May 26, 2019 at 5:57 pm

Nation’s only memorial to female veterans struggles to remain afloat VIEW

Washington has long reveled in honoring its war heroes, but the Women in Military Service for America Memorial inside Arlington National Cemetery is constantly scrambling...

FILE — David Shulkin, the secretary of veterans affairs, during a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, March 8, 2018. The Department of Veterans Affairs is preparing to shift billions of dollars from government-run veterans’ hospitals to private health care providers, setting the stage for the biggest transformation of the veterans’ medical system in a generation. A fight over the future of the veterans’ health care system played a role in Shulkin’s ousting. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) XNYT6 XNYT6

January 12, 2019 at 1:53 pm

VA to propose shifting billions into private health care

WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs is preparing to shift billions of dollars from government-run veterans’ hospitals to private health care providers, setting the...