
Sen. Lisa Murkowski is one of four Republican senators whose votes will be key in the defunding of Planned Parenthood that is included in the House budget package. The measure is expected to be voted on under the rules of reconciliation, a budgetary process whereby no filibuster in the Senate is permitted, but Republicans will need the required 51 votes to approve the package.
by Dr. Susan Berry16 Oct 2015, 10:40 AM PST0

The U.S. recently strengthened its military presence in the Arctic due to a heavy Chinese and Russian presence. Sources told CNN that American officials witnessed a Russian intelligence vessel in the Arctic near a Shell Oil ship on Monday.
by Mary Chastain8 Sep 2015, 7:41 PM PST0

Am I the only one who finds it incongruous that President Obama, when on a carefully choreographed trip to Alaska that highlighted global warming, announced the accelerated acquisition of ice breakers?
by Marita Noon8 Sep 2015, 8:50 AM PST0

President Obama recently visited Alaska in search of the mythical beast they call ManBearPig – as part of his ongoing mission to persuade an increasingly skeptical world that climate change represents the greatest threat of our age. Not even a
by James Delingpole6 Sep 2015, 8:29 AM PST0

During his sightseeing trip to Alaska, President Obama appeared at the GLACIER conference to warn everyone of the impending doom our planet faces as a result of climate change.
by Charlie Spiering4 Sep 2015, 8:00 AM PST0

Despite President Obama’s heroic effort to chase them off with a selfie stick, five Chinese Navy ships persisted in sailing off the coast of Alaska in the Bering Sea on Wednesday.
by John Hayward4 Sep 2015, 5:51 AM PST0

Contents: China displays belligerence, militarism in WW II victory parade; China’s weaponry highlighted by the anti-American ‘carrier killer’; Many world leaders snub China’s WW II victory parade; China sends warships to Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska; China rewrites history of WW II by giving credit to Mao instead of Chiang
by John J. Xenakis4 Sep 2015, 5:43 AM PST0

Obama stopped at a doglot belonging to 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion John Baker after visiting a sea wall in the town of Kotzebue. After Baker introduced Obama to the puppy, he immediately grabbled one and held it closely.
by Charlie Spiering3 Sep 2015, 5:31 AM PST0

During his three-day visit to Alaska, President Obama visited a Middle School where he viewed a student performance of a cultural dance performance.
by Charlie Spiering3 Sep 2015, 5:25 AM PST0

President Obama has been joking from the White House’s Instagram account about his encounter in the Alaskan wilderness with survivalist Bear Grylls. You’ll never guess what he said. “Glad this was the only Bear I met in the park.” Yes.
by James Delingpole2 Sep 2015, 10:16 AM PST0

As part of his three-day tour of Alaska, President Obama went on a scenic boat trip to highlight the melting glaciers as the result of climate change and snapped selfies with wilderness survivalist Bear Grylls.
by Charlie Spiering2 Sep 2015, 7:41 AM PST0

President Obama is hiking the Exit Glacier in Alaska this afternoon, but before his trip with reality show survivalist Bear Grylls, he stopped at a local cafe to buy some pastries.
by Charlie Spiering1 Sep 2015, 1:09 PM PST0

I am not sure if the name change of Mt. McKinley to Denali is of any consequence to you, but let me suggest why I think you should be outraged.
by Robert Davi1 Sep 2015, 12:43 PM PST0

Alaskans, and millions who love Alaska, support changing the name of Mt. McKinley to Denali. And that is exactly why President Barack Obama’s unilateral decision to change the name is so wrong.
by Joel B. Pollak1 Sep 2015, 7:00 AM PST0

President Obama condemned political leaders who continue to express skepticism about global warming during a speech at the GLACIER conference in Alaska this evening.
by Charlie Spiering31 Aug 2015, 8:23 PM PST0

On August 30, President Barack Obama made an executive decision along with the Department of Interior to change the name of Alaska’s Mount McKinley to its Athabascan Indian name, “Denali.”
by Jarrett Stepman31 Aug 2015, 2:32 PM PST0

Obama leaves Monday for a three-day visit to the 49th state in which he will speak at a State Department climate change conference and become the first president to visit the Alaska Arctic.
by Breitbart News30 Aug 2015, 8:12 AM PST0

Star Trek actor William Shatner wants to boldly go where no man has gone before: To the rain-soaked city of Seattle for a potential solution to California’s devastating drought.
by Daniel Nussbaum20 Apr 2015, 5:51 PM PST0

“It’s a sexist argument that a blonde can occupy the office,” ranted 2010 Alaska Assembly candidate Joshua Whittaker on video to Anchorage mayoral candidate and conservative State Assemblywoman Amy Demboski. She says she caught him walking toward one of her large campaign signs “with a box cutter.” This came after reports that at least 18 of Demboski’s signs had been vandalized.
by Michelle Moons6 Apr 2015, 11:21 AM PST0

Some U.S. soldiers at a military base in Alaska were allegedly granted permissions to use racial slurs against one another during what became known as “Racial Thursdays.”
by Edwin Mora19 Mar 2015, 6:56 PM PST0

In Fairbanks, Alaska, Abraham Stine, 39, reportedly punched his cousin, Wesley Lord, 37, to death after he found that his girlfriend, Dominique Vasquez, had slept with Lord during a night of allegedly drinking and smoking methamphetamine with others in a hotel room.
by William Bigelow13 Jan 2015, 7:35 AM PST0