September 25 By Andy Josephson The coming fourth special session, scheduled for Oct. 1, is very unlikely to bear fruit by resolving our state’s fiscal conundrums. Here is why: First, let’s look back just one month for some context. Just prior to gaveling in for…

September 25 By Josh Boak Meeting with the leaders of India, Australia and Japan, President Joe Biden declared Friday that the U.S. and other members of the Indo-Pacific alliance known as “the Quad,” are showing they “know how to get things done” in an increasingly…

September 24 By Lolita C. Baldor The U.S. should explore ways to expand its military contacts with the Russians, potentially to include allowing observers from each country to watch the other’s combat exercises, in a broad effort to increase transparency and reduce the risk of…

September 23 By Meryl Kornfield Facing overwhelmed hospitals, Alaska became the second state this month to give health-care providers the power to prioritize patients — largely based on their likelihood to survive — for scarce resources and even deny treatment. “Our case counts are rising,”…

September 23 By Paul D. Shinkman President Joe Biden called his French counterpart Emanuel Macron on Wednesday and appeared to apologize for not offering more forewarning about Australia’s contentious decision to scrap a deal with France and buy American nuclear submarine technology instead. A readout…

September 22 By Eric Tucker The possibility of a 9/11-type attack has diminished over the last 20 years, but the Taliban victory in Afghanistan could embolden U.S.-based extremists at the same time that the FBI is confronting increasing threats from individuals motivated by racial and…

September 22 By Austin McDaniel The Department of Public Safety has published the 2020 Crime in Alaska report, the annual report on instances of crime in Alaska reported a decrease in Alaska’s overall crime rate by 18.5%. This also reflects the lowest total number of…

September 21 By Catherine Clifford In the United States, fighting climate change is a political issue, and it can’t be, according to Bill Gates. “Sadly, the U.S. is one of the worst in the issue being partisan in nature, but we need to change that,”…

September 20 By Robert Burns Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a senior-level review of the investigation that found that 10 Afghan civilians, including seven children, were killed in an Aug. 29 U.S. drone strike in Kabul that the Pentagon initially said had killed an…

September 20 By Sean Lyngaas Some computer networks at the Alaskan health department are still offline after foreign government-backed hackers breached the department in May, a spokesperson told CNN on Monday. News of the breach first emerged in May, but Alaskan officials now say that…

September 19 By Alan Fram Democrats can’t use their $3.5 trillion package bolstering social and climate programs for their plan to give millions of immigrants a chance to become citizens, the Senate’s parliamentarian said late Sunday, a crushing blow to what was the party’s clearest…

September 18 By Nomaan Merchant The White House on Friday threatened to impose sanctions against Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and other leaders involved in a conflict gripping the Tigray region, where 10 months of fighting have left hundreds of thousands of people facing famine….