Aaron Glantz

Two television stars-turned-presidents pledged to drain the swamp. Then they joined forces to kill a powerful anti-corruption commission in Guatemala.

Patrick was a rare Democrat among a small gang of moneymen—many of them close to Trump now—who cashed in when the economy crashed a decade ago.

Legislation designed to prevent for-profit colleges from exploiting veterans died within 15 minutes of being introduced.

For-profit colleges are treating veterans like cash cows, collecting millions in GI bill dollars for worthless diplomas while lobbying Washington to keep the money flowing.

Since 9/11 almost 1,000 veterans have died due to negligence in the veterans health-care system. After lengthy legal battles the VA is finally making payments to their families.

The VA is prescribing 270% more opiates to veterans than it was 12 years ago, sometimes, writes Aaron Glantz, pushing the drugs to known addicts who later overdose.

<p>Internal VA documents show an escalating number of widows and widowers are waiting for burial benefits and survivors’ pensions—breaking America’s final promise to its veterans, reports Aaron Glantz of the <a href="http://cironline.org/" target="_blank">Center for Investigative Reporting</a>.</p>

<p>VA claims are slowed by errors in as many as one in every three cases, reports Aaron Glantz of the <a target="_blank" href="http://cironline.org/">Center for Investigative Reporting</a>.<br> </p>