A veteran, who knows the system better than almost anyone outside the Veterans Administration, says the biggest problem he sees is with the appeals system."The bottleneck is in the Appeals Management Center," says Dr. Craig Bash, who helps veterans win claims and appeals with his medical testimony. 

(CNN) -- President Barack Obama will put 5% of his paycheck back into the federal government's coffers in a show of unity with furloughed federal workers, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday.

(CNN) -- A man convicted of murdering three men who answered a Craigslist ad to work on an Ohio cattle farm was sentenced to death Thursday morning, Summit County Court Bailiff Brian Scheetz said.

(CNN) -- A handful of conservative states have been passing laws that tread heavily on abortion rights established by Roe v. Wade. Alabama and Indiana are about to join them, with fresh legislation waiting for signatures on their governors' desks.

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis speaks out on fighting school closures and the school district's plan to remove the 30-student classroom size limit, saying:

Death threats have been called into the office of Democratic Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney after she proposed legislation requiring gun owners obtain liability insurance.

Exxon Mobile will pay all of the costs related to last week's oil spill in an Arkansas neighborhood, a company spokesman said Wednesday.

Connecticut will likely become the third state to pass a major overhaul of its gun laws when its General Assembly votes Wednesday on a measure crafted in the wake of the December massacre at an elementary school there.

The GOP prepared reams of research documents to use against her back in 2008, but a lot of their ammunition went unused. Republican operatives are openly worrying about a Clinton coronation in 2016, so they plan to make use of it early.

(CNN) -- Before daylight on Tuesday, the first of 35 educators indicted in a cheating scandal that rocked Atlanta's public schools turned themselves in to the Fulton County Jail.