President Trump said he doesn’t “remember much” about a key 2016 meeting of his foreign policy team, but used public appearances and tweets to bash the Justice Department.
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Only some voices resonate when U.S. senators listen to Arctic testimony
Eleven Alaskans testified before the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Thursday — for and against drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. While senators said they wanted to listen to the people of the Arctic, many seemed to hear selectively.
Can Congress squeeze $1B from ANWR?
The U.S. Senate will hold a hearing today on whether to allow drilling in the refuge as part of the Republican tax plan, and now the environmental argument has shifted.
Alaska open enrollment period for individual health insurance opens
Alaska’s open enrollment period will run until Dec. 15 — shortened from three months to just six weeks this year.
A ‘tall tale’ with some truth to it: Don Young defended earmarks with a sharp edge
A story emerged publicly for the first time Sunday, from the mouth of former House Speaker John Boehner, who told Politico Magazine that Young once “pinned Boehner against a wall in the House and held a 10-inch knife to his throat” during a disagreement over earmarks. (Young was pro-earmark. Boehner was not.)
‘None of this is real’: Conservative media reacts to Mueller indictments
Voices on the right suggested the probe reflects an unfair attack on a populist president by Washington insiders and media liberals.
Ex-Trump campaign aide pleads guilty over Russia contacts; ex-chair, aide charged
Trump’s former campaign chairman and a top aide are charged with money laundering; a former foreign policy aide has pleaded guilty to lying to FBI.
Tribal leaders call land-use bill step in right direction
Tribal leaders backed a House bill Wednesday that would give tribes the ability to control more of their land, instead of having to get federal approval for virtually any use. The American Indian Empowerment Act would let tribes shift federally controlled trust land to “restricted fee land,” a move that could save millions of dollars that tribes now spend on “burdensome regulation,” while restoring a level of tribal sovereignty.
ANWR drilling clears another hurdle in Congress
The U.S. House has passed the Senate’s budget resolution, and with it the seeds of legislation that could open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. The resolution itself has no force of law but it tells committees in the House and Senate to draw up a bill that includes tax cuts.
Trump’s opioid disaster declaration could expand help to suffering Alaskans
President Donald Trump took a major step in dealing with the opioid epidemic killing tens of thousands of Americans a year. “I am directing all executive agencies to use every appropriate emergency authority to fight the opioid crisis,” the president proclaimed Thursday.