December 15 By Kaia Hubbard The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol announced it will meet Monday for a business meeting ahead of the release of its widely-anticipated end-of-year report as it wraps its nearly 18-month-long investigation. The panel, which…

December 13 By Kaia Hubbard Lawmakers are pushing to leave Washington next week with a full-year bill to fund the government under their belts, eyeing a one-week extension this week to buy negotiators more time. But much remains to be done before they can take…

December 9 By Kaia Hubbard Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced on Friday she is switching her party affiliation from Democrat to independent, in a shakeup following a resounding victory for Democrats in the midterm elections. “When politicians are more focused on denying the opposition…

December 6 By Kaia Hubbard Passage of a bill to codify federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages has been delayed in the House after a vote was expected on Tuesday that would mark the final hurdle before the legislation heads to the desk of…

December 1 By Kaia Hubbard The Senate on Thursday passed last-minute legislation to avert a railroad workers strike as pressure mounted to approve the measure ahead of the weekend amid fears that blows to critical infrastructure and the economy would begin. The deal came together…

November 29 By Kaia Hubbard The Senate punctuated a divisive and dizzying lame-duck session with the passage of a bipartisan bill to codify federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages on Tuesday – a major step to safeguard the unions if the rights go the…

November 25 By Kaia Hubbard The midterm elections have largely come to a close weeks after Election Day, as remaining race results trickle in, the GOP secured control of the House and Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced her plans for her future. But for House Minority…

November 22 By Julia Haines Television ads, yard signs, billboards and mailboxes filled with fliers inform voters of who’s on the ballot and what they stand for. But they’re not cheap. This midterm election cycle, voter participation and turnout were high – and, as one…

November 18 By Claire Hansen Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday appointed a special counsel to take over two criminal probes involving former President Donald Trump, including the Justice Department’s investigation into Trump’s handling of classified documents and national secrets found at his Mar-a-Lago residence…

November 16 By Kaia Hubbard The Senate on Wednesday overcame a key procedural hurdle to approving a bill that would codify same-sex marriage, clearing its way for final passage in the aftermath of a Supreme Court decision on abortion that has threatened other landmark cases…

November 14 By Elliott Davis Jr. President Joe Biden on Monday both urged partnership and raised objections with China during the first in-person meeting of his presidency with Chinese President Xi Jinping – another instance of him reiterating America’s commitment to global cooperation after strong…

November 11 By Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder President Joe Biden on Friday delivered a speech at the COP27 United Nations climate summit that was high on confidence but did not satisfy some activists who were expecting more amid concerns that Congress could waylay the administration’s pledges. Biden…

November 8 By Susan Milligan Massachusetts got its first female elected governor Tuesday night – and the first openly lesbian governor ever elected in the country. New York, too, gave its official election imprimatur to a woman for the first time in history, as did…

November 4 By Kaia Hubbard Former President Donald Trump faces a Friday deadline to turn over documents to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol as part of a historic subpoena announced last month. The committee took the major and…

November 1 By Louis Jacobson Oregon Governor Democratic-held open seat Democratic nominee: Former House Speaker Tina Kotek Republican nominee: Former state House Minority Leader Christine Drazan Independent candidate: Former state Sen. Betsy Johnson Oregon is a state that generally votes Democratic, but with the unpopularity…

October 28 By Kaia Hubbard When House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy unveiled his party’s “Commitment to America” platform last month, rolling out its midterm pitch to voters, he surmised that Democrats “have no plan to fix all the problems they created” – citing inflation, crime…

October 25 By Kaia Hubbard A group of progressive lawmakers on Tuesday withdrew an inflammatory letter urging President Joe Biden to reconsider his Ukraine policy that was released as the Democratic speaker of the House was in the awkward position of assuring a summit of…

October 21 By Kaia Hubbard Former Vice President Mike Pence drew laughter in a speech on Wednesday when he declined to say whether he’d vote for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election. “Well, there might be somebody else I’d prefer more,” Pence quipped while…

October 20 By Elliott Davis Jr. President Joe Biden is looking to stem a root cause of a recent uptick in illegal immigration, enacting a politically risky policy in order to blunt Republican attacks on the issue ahead of crucial midterm elections but drawing the…

October 19 By Susan Milligan President Joe Biden made a deal Tuesday with rank-and-file Democrats: Elect more Democrats to Congress, and he’ll sign a law codifying abortion rights on the January anniversary of the 1973 Roe v Wade decision the Supreme Court reversed in June….

October 18 By Alex DeMarban Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Monday continued to come under fire from his leading challengers for missing debates, including Monday’s lunchtime event organized by the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce. Dunleavy has attended two of the five debates he said he would…

October 17 By Susan Milligan An unpopular president. Domestic abuse and other scandals. A deeply unhappy electorate displeased with the direction the country is headed. All of those things would once have been defining factors in races for the House and Senate, almost ensuring a…

October 15 By Becky Bohrer Ben Stevens, a former Alaska Senate president and a son of the late U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, has died. He was 63. The Alaska State Troopers said they responded to a report Thursday evening of a hiker having a medical…

October 14 By Claire Hansen In nine televised hearings over the course of more than four months, the House committee investigating the events of Jan. 6, 2021, made public heaps of new information about the violent insurrection: hours of illuminating witness testimony, reams of documents…

October 13 By James Brooks Even before his truck was stolen, Anchorage Republican Sen. Roger Holland had been hearing from his constituents about crime. As he seeks re-election on Nov. 8, he’s made the topic a top issue, but so have his two challengers, Democratic…

October 13 By Elliott Davis Jr. The Treasury Department’s Office of the Inspector General is investigating whether Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis improperly used coronavirus relief funds to transport migrants to Massachusetts following a request from members of the latter state’s congressional delegation. The news comes…

October 12 By Iris Samuels Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy had a cash advantage going into the final month before the election thanks to large contributions from two loyal supporters allowed after a court invalidated Alaska’s campaign contribution limits and both lawmakers and state officials failed…

October 11 By Iris Samuels In Alaska’s U.S. House race, the two Republican candidates are urging their supporters to “rank the red” even as they continue to attack each other, in an effort to unseat newly elected Democrat U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola. At an Anchorage…

October 10 By Susan Milligan In the excruciatingly close races for Senate seats next month, a candidate stumble or knock-out punch in a debate could swing just enough voters to make the difference. In the three debates held last week for races in Wisconsin, North…

October 7 By Susan Milligan Ronald Reagan, the 1980s embodiment of ruthless budget-cutting or fiscal sanity – depending on which political party one was in – summed up the Republican view of government in a single, oft-quoted sentence. “I’ve always felt the nine most terrifying…