CAPITOL HILL — One day before a threatened U.S. government shutdown, Senate leaders on Wednesday struck a bipartisan deal that would keep the federal government funded for two years but left contentious immigration topics unaddressed. “I’m pleased to announce that our bipartisan, bicameral negotiations on defense spending and other priorities have yielded a significant agreement,” Majority […]
A Kodiak man, with an outstanding felony warrant for kidnapping, assault and robbery was located and apprehended along the Sterling Highway at mile 104, after being alerted by the Anchorage police that the man, identified as Daniel Grosser, age 38, was hitchhiking from Anchorage to Kodiak. Grosser’s charges stem from an incident on November 27, […]
U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he has made a decision on whether to pull the United States out of the 2015 international pact curbing Iran’s nuclear weapons development. Trump declined to say what his decision is, but the U.S. rift with Iran took center stage at the United Nations General Assembly, a day after […]
VIENNA — Iran has complied with limits set on its nuclear activity by the deal it signed with several world powers in 2015, according to a report released Thursday by the United Nations’ atomic agency. Iran currently holds an 88.4 kg stock of low-enriched uranium, which is far below the 202.8-kg limit set in the nuclear […]