Department leaders had warned of funding gaps of up to $18 billion but now believe those estimates were too high.
Congress approved $3 billion in emergency VA funding in September, but officials now say they did not need the money to cover immediate bills.
The U.S. Space Force and Air Force want to build a new facility on the top of Haleakala, Maui's highest peak, to track objects in space.
An attorney for Senior Airman Roger Fortson's mother said an Okaloosa County sheriff's deputy should also be charged in Fortson's killing.
