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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 court's budget, has controlled the court's 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 you're going to follow. you hire someone who's going to enforce them, and that person then reports to us, the congress, when they find examples like th...

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.