After weeks of intense negotiations, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a Republican bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act by a narrow margin of 217-213. All Democrats and 20 of their Republican counterparts voted against passage. The sloppily drafted bill’s future was up in the air until the final seconds of the vote as […]
We should be working hard on the budget, not playing games with voter emotions over abortion. While many of us are trying to work to find consensus on solving a nearly $3 billion budget gap, one of our colleagues unthoughtfully started an ugly battle on a woman’s right to choose this week. Here’s what I […]
On Wednesday evening, for the fifth time in recent weeks, two Russian TU-95 Bear Bombers entered the Alaska Air Defense Zone, this time, escorted by two Su-35 fighter jets, U.S. officials reported. The four aircraft were intercepted by two F-22 stealth fighter jets that had been already airborne and conducting a patrol near Chariot, Alaska, […]
AST reported on Wednesday, that “adverse weather conditions” had hampered efforts to retrieve the remains of Grant Aviation pilot, Gabriele Cianetti from the steep mountainside near Perryville, but would continue working with other agencies to accomplish that as quickly as possible. The Cessna 208B Caravan’s Emergency Locator Beacon was activated at 1:05 pm on Monday […]