[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ithout offering specifics on what led to a declaration of victory against the Islamic State (IS) terror group in Syria, the White House defended both the declaration and the decision to start bringing U.S. troops in the war-torn country back home. The announcement, which seemed to catch some U.S. defense and diplomatic officials, as well […]
2018 has been a chaotic year at the U.S.-Mexico border, where desperation collided with politics, and children bore the brunt of a debated threat – all of this in the shadow of the still unfunded border wall. The year did not begin with “a national emergency,” at the border, as Trump claimed or as his […]
A U.S. judge in Washington sternly rebuked President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, for lying to investigators about his contacts with Russia in the weeks before Trump assumed power in early 2017, but delayed his sentencing. “I can’t hide my disgust, my disdain,” U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan said of Flynn’s behavior, before […]
(Anchorage) – Governor Michael J. Dunleavy has selected Matt Shuckerow to serve as his press secretary. Matt, a lifelong Alaskan, was born on Kodiak Island and grew up in Anchorage. He comes to the Dunleavy administration from Washington D.C. where he most recently worked as deputy communications director and spokesperson for Sen. Dan Sullivan. He […]