Biden: US Will Protect Haiti Embassy, Won’t Send Troops 

July 16 By Samanta Broun President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. will bolster security at its embassy in Haiti following last week’s assassination of that country’s president, but sending American troops to stabilize the country was “not on the agenda.” Haiti’s interim government…

Governor Dunleavy Convenes Full Cabinet in Fairbanks 

July 16 By Steven Bill Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy today in Fairbanks convened his full cabinet for the first in person meeting since social distancing measures were implemented in 2020. The principal heads of Alaska’s 14 departments discussed issues including responding to the Munson Creek…

EU unveils sweeping climate change plan 

July 15 By Matt McGrath The European Union has announced a raft of climate change proposals aimed at pushing it towards its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050. A dozen draft proposals, which still need to be approved by the bloc’s 27 member states…

Judge to hear case challenging Alaska’s new ranked choice voting 

July 14 By Stan Perry A state court judge is scheduled to hear arguments Monday in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a voter-approved initiative that would end party primaries in Alaska and institute ranked-choice voting in general elections. Scott Kohlhaas, who unsuccessfully ran for…

Alaska GOP leaders endorse challenger to US Sen. Murkowski 

July 12 By Linda Cors The leaders of Alaska’s Republican Party on Saturday endorsed a challenger to incumbent U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who has been one of the GOP’s most outspoken critics of former President Donald Trump, the Anchorage Daily News reported. The Alaska Republican…

US climate envoy announces Russia trip at time of tension 

July 11 By Sam Stone U.S. climate envoy John Kerry will meet with Russian officials in Moscow next week, making him the highest-ranking Biden administration official to visit Russia so far, at a time when the two countries are at odds. A terse State Department…

The Political Implications of White Evangelical Decline 

July 11 By Sarah Jones A new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute shows white Evangelicals last year experienced “the most precipitous drop in affiliation” among American religious groups since 2006, shrinking from 23 percent of Americans that year to 14 percent in 2020….