Donald Trump has been demanding that the Federal Reserve cut interest rates. Jerome Powell finally said why they haven’t.

The state’s first Bitcoin conference took place this weekend at Centennial Hall, bringing Bitcoin enthusiasts from around the ...

Senate rulekeeper deals blows to revised ‘big, beautiful bill’ A Medicaid carveout for Alaska was among the “Byrd bath” casualties.

Democrats need a net gain of three House seats to break the GOP’s chokehold on Washington and reestablish a power center to ...

Rather than soften its edges, Senate Republicans took the sprawling Republican megabill the House sent them and sharpened it ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is facing strong pushback from members of the GOP conference over the Finance Committee’s piece of President Trump’s tax and spending bill, wh… ...

Republican leaders in the House are sprinting toward a vote on President Donald Trump’s tax and spending cuts package, ...

Federal Budget Bill Will Slash Jobs in Energy, Construction, Health, and Public Sector to Finance Tax Cuts for Billionaires As the U.S. Senate passes the federal budget bill, Alaska House Labor and ...

Majority Leader John Thune pressed Senate Republicans over the last 48 hours to go big or go home on the "big, beautiful bill ...

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) is headlining an emergency virtual town hall hosted by the Alaska Democratic Party on Wednesday, ...

House Speaker Nadine Nakamura announced the changes Thursday that stem from the May 7 removal of Rep. Kyle Yama ­shita as House Finance Committee Chair and the March 31 retirement of Rep. Gene ...

Alaska House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, speaks with Rep. Nellie Jimmie, D-Toksook Bay, during a floor session on Monday, March 10, 2025. Some key Alaska state legislators are pushing back ...