The Latest Breaking News from Lisa Murkowski

The Last Frontier state was purchased from the Russians by the U.S. for a sum of $7.2 million in 1867

NEWS ANALYSIS: However, recent propensity to bash his fellow Republicans might send them heading for the exits ... and handing their seats to Democrats, Eric Garcia writes

Donald Trump’s campaign against the “fake news” media continues largely unchecked, with a decision that is expected to reduce reporting and close down some local news stations around the US.

Discussions begin as Democrats still feel burned by the reconciliation package, which cut billions of dollars from Medicaid.

Democrats say they face a test of faith on whether to trust a bipartisan appropriations process for the next fiscal year.

In Alaska, a public radio station general manager took a moment from a busy day warning her community about a possible tsunami for a special task — sending a text message to Sen. Lisa Murkowski urging her to vote against a measure to strip federal funding of NPR and PBS

The U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives approved by narrow margins on July 17 and 18, 2025, a law that claws back federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Once President Donald Trump signs it into law, the US$9 billion rescissions package will withdraw $1.1 billion Congress had…

Senate GOP appropriators to bring a package of spending bills to the floor before the August recess, Chair Susan Collins said Thursday.

Members vote 51 to 48 in favour of president’s request to slash $9bn in spending already approved by Congress