Washington, DC—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and U.S. Congressman Nick Begich (all R-Alaska) today welcomed Senate passage of their Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act. During floor session, Murkowski made a motion to pass H.R. 3620, the House version of the bill, securing its passage by unanimous consent. The legislation transfers ownership of a […]
“Self-regulation?” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren. “That’s a recipe for disaster.” As details from US President Donald Trump’s White House meeting with Big Tech executives emerged on Tuesday, including a pledge on artificial intelligence safety, campaigners and Democrats in Congress continued calling for stronger AI protections. After the gathering, Trump posted on his Truth Social platform […]
“Tonight, 47 senators supported my resolution to get accountability for the nine Americans killed on the West Bank and for Palestinians who face injustices daily,” said Sen. Chris Van Hollen. Democratic US Sen. John Fetterman joined nearly every Republican senator on Tuesday in voting against a resolution that would have required the Trump administration to […]
A day after President Taft received the request from Alaska to be granted territory status, which he did not reply to, the president went before an audience at the AYP Amphitheatre in Seattle. When he spoke there on October 1st, 1909, he spoke in opposition to granting that status to the District of Alaska. He […]