“Speculating that the GOP is blocking border security legislation to help Trump win the election would sound like a crazy conspiracy theory but it’s literally what the Republicans are saying is happening.” Critics have long argued that Republicans are interested only in using immigration—and increasingly hysterical claims of a crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border—as a political cudgel, and not […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Groves Salmon Charters LLC, a fishing guide service in Copper Center, Alaska, paid $900,000 to resolve a lawsuit brought by the U.S. alleging the company negligently ignited the Klutina River Fire in 2019. The settlement requires Groves Salmon Charters LLC and a fishing guide employed by Groves to pay for damages incurred […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — A 176th Logistics Readiness Squadron Airman has been working through the 176th Wing Innovation team with the JBER Arctic Spark Innovation Lab to devise a method to rapidly offload equipment from cargo aircraft in an austere operating environment. Senior Airman Juan Ortega, 176th LRS Air Transportation Function Flight, observed how the […]
STATE DEPARTMENT — The United States has called on North Korea to refrain from further destabilizing actions and to return to diplomatic engagement following North Korea’s firing of several cruise missiles into the waters off its western coast earlier on Wednesday. “We find [the actions] incredibly dangerous,” State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel told VOA during […]