February 11 By Mattew Lee The Biden administration on Thursday approved a nearly $14 billion arms sale to Indonesia, as the U.S. presses ahead with steps it believes will help counter China’s increasing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific. The State Department announced the $13.9 billion sale…

February 10 By James Brooks As the Alaska Court system resumes jury trials after a pandemic-enforced suspension, it is facing a major backlog and asking for supplemental funding to meet the demand. Almost 20,000 criminal cases are awaiting trial, a figure that has risen by…

February 10 By Colleen Long A House committee is investigating whether former President Donald Trump violated the Presidential Records Act, after boxes of presidential records were discovered at his Florida estate and a news report surfaced of him destroying documents while in office. Oversight committee…

February 8 By Lora Night United States Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has rebuked Republican Party officials for censuring two Republican legislators who have criticised former president Donald Trump and pursued an investigation of the January 6, 2021 US Capitol riot. Claiming January 6 was…

February 7 By Chris Megerian When President Biden’s administration was asked for evidence to back up dramatic claims about national security developments this past week, it demurred with a simple rejoinder: You’ll have to trust us on that. No, they would not reveal what led…

February 4 By Lisa Hagen A majority of voters feel the country is headed in the wrong direction and believe politics has become less civil one year since the swearing in of President Joe Biden and the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, though they remain hopeful…

Fabruary 2 By Steven Lee Myers and Edward Wong As the United States moves to exert maximal pressure on Russia over fears of a Ukraine invasion, the Russian leader, Vladimir V. Putin, has found relief from his most powerful partner on the global stage, China….

February 1 By Aamer Madhani President Joe Biden on Monday designated Qatar a major non-NATO ally, a largely symbolic honor but one that was meant to convey his administration’s gratitude for the tiny Persian Gulf nation’s assistance with evacuations from Afghanistan and in ending last…

February 1 By James Brooks The Alaska House’s largely-Democratic majority took a first step Monday morning toward removing Rep. David Eastman, R-Wasilla, from legislative committees. The move came in response to Eastman’s membership in the Oath Keepers, a far-right paramilitary organization whose leaders have been…

January 31 By Michael Crowley and Edward Wong The most punishing sanctions that U.S. officials have threatened to impose on Russia could cause severe inflation, a stock market crash and other forms of financial panic that would inflict pain on its people — from billionaires…

January 28 By James Brooks The Alaska Legislature needed only three days to introduce and unanimously pass a bill that will block a reduction in its own pay. On Thursday, the Alaska House of Representatives voted 37-0 to oppose a plan approved by an independent…

January 27 By Joan E Greve Today’s politics recap The supreme court justice Stephen Breyer plans to announce his retirement, according to multiple reports. Breyer’s retirement would give Joe Biden his first supreme court seat to fill, and the president has promised to select a…