The state has enough money to pay WIC benefits for the first week of the shutdown. It's unclear what happens after that. In past lapses, the state found money to keep the program running.

She was the only Republican to vote no on Trump’s nominee to be undersecretary of the Navy.

Months after losing federal money, the Interior Department steps forward with a one-year reprieve. Meanwhile, stations like KUCB in Unalaska are basking in love from afar.

By letting funding lapse, Congress is giving President Trump free rein, Sen. Murkowski says. Both Alaska senators voted for a stop-gap spending bill but the measure failed.

The White House is threatening mass terminations, but in other ways this potential shutdown is shaping up like all the others.

Sen. Murkowski sees Brendan Carr's threat as part of a pattern in the Trump administration. "This is more than concerning," she says.

Some Alaskans would have to pay half their income to keep health insurance without enhanced tax credits. Sen. Murkowski calls it a "looming crisis."

In a letter sent Friday, 14 lawmakers urged the state’s all-Republican congressional delegation to oppose cuts that President Trump proposed in his 2026 budget.

Both parties' stop-gap spending bills failed. Sen. Murkowski says there’s still time to negotiate a solution to avoid a government shutdown.

Trust in public health is at stake, Murkowski said. She broke with other Republicans at a hearing featuring the fired CDC director.

The statement also recognizes "other victims of political violence."

Republicans focused on Alaska's exportable oil and LNG. Democrats homed in on a small Alaska village whose energy solutions hit Trump administration roadblocks.