HHS nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will answer questions today from Republicans Susan Collins of Maine, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, all members of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
Republicans confessed their own constituents are concerned after President Donald Trump issued atotal freeze across all government spending. Raw Story spoke to Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) before the White House tried to retract its letter from the Office of Management and Budget announcing the freeze.
To be confirmed as health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can afford to lose no more than three Republican votes if all Democrats are united in their opposition to him.
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Wednesday reintroduced a bill which would permanently repeal a policy that restricts sending federal foreign aid to groups providing
“Greenland is not for sale,” declared Murkowski and Greenlandic parliamentarian Aaja Chemnitz after consulting this week. “The question has been asked and firmly answered by the government of Greenland, Naalakkersuisut.”
A presidential spending freeze with few details left nonprofits, state officials and school administrators scrambling.
The Alaska Republican Party's District 29 committee has passed resolutions to sanction U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and several state legislators for daring to carry independent thoughts. The targeted
Senator Lisa Murkowski emphasized that Greenland should be treated as an ally, not as an object to be taken over. She made this statement during the Arctic Frontiers conference in Norway. During the Arctic Frontiers conference in Tromsø,
Alaska lawmaker says disruption “could be catastrophic” for education, homeless, other programs.
A freeze on federal grants and loans by the Trump administration that was temporarily blocked Tuesday by a federal judge has left Alaska’s governor and congressional delegation wondering how Alaska will feel the impacts.
A federal judge blocked the freeze Tuesday afternoon, though the stay is temporary and still leaves a lot of uncertainty.
Most of President Donald Trump's successful Cabinet nominees so far — including, as of Monday evening, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent — were confirmed by comfortable margins. But Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth squeaked by 51 to 50, with Vice President J.D. Vance casting the second-ever tie-breaking vote for a Cabinet secretary.