The word came during a Feb. 13 Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, after Sen. Dan Sullivan pressed federal officials to strengthen Alaska's military presence.

Mark Carney is a newcomer to elected politics, with decades of experience in finance. After his landslide victory, he pledged to continue tariffs on the U.S. "until the Americans show us respect."

Between resignations, firings and paperwork errors, at least 23 of the roughly 200 people in the Weather Service's Alaska offices are no longer with the agency, a union source said.

There are questions about how Akima Infrastructure Protection — a subsidiary of Akima, itself a subsidiary of NANA Regional Corp. — is treating migrants detained at its facilities.

Legislation is expected in the coming weeks at the provincial assembly in Victoria; many questions about cost and impact remain.

Trump put 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico on Tuesday. Markets tanked. And by Thursday, he had decided to broadly lift them.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture must temporarily reinstate nearly 6,000 probationary employees fired since Feb. 13, according to a ruling by the Merit Systems Protection Board.

Narrowed gaps between provider reimbursements and medical costs and an aging population with more health problems are expected cost drivers, lawmakers are told.

Three Alaska federal buildings and one parking lot are on a list of hundreds of properties eyed by the Trump administration for sale.

After a firehose of a first six weeks back in the White House, President Trump delivered a boastful and partisan address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night. Here are six takeaways from the speech.

Sen. Murkowski says some GOP senators praised her statement, even if they're quiet in public about President Trump's alignment with the Kremlin on Ukraine.

The news comes just days after a disastrous meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.