Republicans in the Alaska House tried Monday to change a resolution objecting to the renaming of Denali to Mount McKinley into a lengthy list of lavish praise for President Donald Trump, who issued the executive order making the change on his first day back in office a week ago,
“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.”
In the early days of President Donald Trump's second term, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has openly challenged or rebuked him at least three times — stunning for a congressional Republican who has faced his wrath before and yet remains unbowed by pressure to embrace his agenda.
The Interior Department announced last week that they were already working to implement Trump's requested name change to Mount McKinley.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski announced Thursday that she would vote against confirming Pete Hegseth to lead the Pentagon, becoming the first Republican to oppose one of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks. Maine GOP Sen. Susan Collins also voted against Hegseth.
Even as handicappers adjudged Pete Hegseth ’s confirmation as secretary of Defense to be all but certain, not one but two Republican senators indicated a hard pass on the poorly qualified bad boy from Fox News.
Republican Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski — who broke with her party on numerous occasions to support former President Joe Biden’s
The Alaska House voted 28-10 to adopt a resolution signaling their opposition to changing the name of North America’s tallest peak.
The Alaska Republican plans to vote against the confirmation of Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense.
Murkowski is a moderate with a history of bucking her party and Trump when she has felt it was the right thing to do.
At a No Labels event in Washington in December, conservative Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) made it clear that she doesn't identify with the MAGA wing of her party. Murkowski, according to Politico, told the crowd,
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — In the early days of President ... when she has felt it was the right thing to do. She was the first GOP senator to publicly break ranks with Trump on his nomination ...