We’re about to give away the answers to today’s Strands puzzle. Today’s spangram is ROUGHSTUFF. The theme words today are: SACKCLOTH, SANDPAPER, BARK, LOOFAH, PUMICE, ROPE. Here’s what the board looks ...

The VA Servicing Purchase program has helped about 20,000 veterans avoid foreclosure. But Republicans in Congress have been ...

asks one puzzle, the answer being “a rope maker”—because ropemakers would apparently walk backward while twisting together the strands of a rope so it didn’t become tangled.) Most bizarre ...

For their part, veterans interviewed by NPR feel like the VA has now repeatedly stranded them by first offering them a life-line and then cutting the rope once they grabbed hold. "I feel let down ...

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, as of Thursday, has ended a new mortgage-rescue program that so far has helped about 20,000 veterans avoid foreclosure and keep their homes. The move ...