Far from the cameras, the House’s unanimous passage of the Prioritizing Veterans’ Survivors Act marked a rare moment when politics briefly stepped aside. Restoring the Office of Survivors Assistance to its original power under the VA secretary means widows, children, and parents of the fallen will again have a direct champion inside the system that often overwhelms them. It is an institutional acknowledgment that the cost of war does not end when the uniforms are folded and flags are handed over.

Yet this quiet act of unity unfolds against a louder backdrop: a president claiming victory over inflation, dismissing “affordability” as a partisan hoax even as voters still feel squeezed. Trump’s slight approval bump, buoyed by lower gas prices and robust consumer spending, underscores a country split between what the data says and what kitchen tables feel. In that tension, veterans’ survivors now have one small but significant promise restored.