[dropcap]J[/dropcap]uneau – Monday, the Alaska House of Representatives created the first ever House Special Committee on Tribal Affairs. Creation of such a committee has long been a goal of Representative Bryce Edgmon (I-Dillingham), Alaska’s first Alaska Native Speaker of the House. “We’ve never had a committee to deal solely with tribal issues in the […]
A top House Democrat says his committee will sue the Trump administration if the Justice Department withholds the Mueller report from the public. “We will obviously subpoena the report, we will bring Bob Mueller in to testify before Congress, we will take it to court, if necessary,” Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff told ABC’s This […]
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ASHINGTON — “I will build a great wall,” declared Donald Trump in announcing he was running for president in June 2015. “I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words.” A wall at the U.S.-Mexico became Trump’s signature promise — a […]
President Donald Trump is calling bipartisan congressional talks over border wall funding a “waste of time.” In a White House interview with The New York Times Thursday, Trump again hinted he may declare a national emergency in order to bypass Congress and build the wall without its approval. “I’ll continue to build the wall and we’ll […]