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Alaska Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola is concerned that the Supreme Court could be poised to rule against the 1978 law that seeks to place Indigenous children with tribal families for foster care and adoption.

Congress historically has cal controlled the courts budget, has controlled the courts docket. has controlled where the court sits until 1935, the court sat in the capital. i think the point is just how can congress basically push the justices to create a set of rules that can then be enforced. this is where the bill introduced last week by senators kim and murkowski, actually goes a pretty long way. it says, hey, court, you identify the rules youre going to follow. you hire someone whos going to...

An attempt to remove barriers to codify equal rights for women in the Constitution died in the Senate this week as it failed to get enough Republican support.

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska traveled to Ukraine with Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Mark Kelly of Arizona — as well as country singer Brad Paisley.

First Nations groups in the Yukon Territory and Alaska GOP Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration are advancing discussions about whether hatcheries could help stem a steep crash in salmon populations.

The House bill, called the Lower Energy Costs Act, tackles permitting reform and overhauls parts of a 2022 landmark climate law, but is dead on arrival in the Senate.

They tried to destroy kavanaugh because she wanted to keep the supreme court open theyre trying to destroy donald trump because they fear him at the ballot box you need to help this man. theyre trying to drain him dry. he spent more money on lawyers than most people spend on a campaign. >> reporter: the president has been fundraising off the indictment, back when he first teased it on his truth social account. hes asking for allies for help in the wake of this, and to spin the narrative, this co...

Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan said this month that an indictment was a “huge hypothetical” and he plans to support whoever is the Republican nominee for president.

Alaska Republican Sen. Murkowski said after the hearing she was unsatisfied with Haaland’s responses, and feared the Interior secretary will be “rolled by this administration.”

The Willow Project operated by Conoco-Phillips seeks to extract 600 million barrels of oil over the next 30 years, adding substantially to dominance of fossil fuels in US energy production.