Trump celebrates milestone in serving U.S. veterans

President Donald Trump participates in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in observance of Veterans Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. (Official White House photo by Daniel Torok)

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—For the first time in nearly six years, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that the backlog of disability compensation and pension benefit claims is consistently below 100,000.

The VA has not reached this milestone since May 2020.