[dropcap]U[/dropcap].S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has resigned after 16 months on the job and immense pressure from the White House and public over the situation along the country’s southern border. “Despite our progress in reforming homeland security for a new age, I have determined that it is the right time for […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump forced his controversial Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign on Wednesday, setting the stage for a potential showdown with newly energized Congressional Democrats over the investigation of Russia’s involvement in the 2016 presidential election. Sessions, in a letter to Trump, wrote that he was resigning at “your request,” accepting a fait […]
Byron Mallott Tuesday resigned as Lieutenant Governor effective immediately, and Valerie Nurr’araaluk Davidson was sworn into the office during a private ceremony in Governor Bill Walker’s Anchorage office this afternoon. Governor Walker and Lieutenant Governor Davidson released the following statements: “It is with profound disappointment and sadness that I accepted the resignation of Lieutenant Governor […]
The White House said Monday that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will meet with President Donald Trump on Thursday, following news reports that the Justice Department’s No. 2 official was expecting to be fired. The announcement came days after The New York Times reported that Rosenstein last year suggested secretly recording Trump and that he raised the […]