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July 4, 2025

Alaska

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Top Trump officials visit prolific Alaska oil field amid push to expand drilling

June 8, 2025 Becky Bohrer and Mark Thiessen

DEADHORSE, Alaska — President Donald Trump wants to double the amount of oil coursing through Alaska’s vast pipeline system and build a massive natural gas project as its “big, beautiful twin,” a top administration official […]

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Biden OKs major Willow oil drilling in Alaska

March 16, 2023 Chris Megerian, Associated Press

WILMINGTON, Del. — The Biden administration said Monday it is approving the huge Willow oil-drilling project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope, a major climate move by President Joe Biden that drew quick condemnation from environmentalists […]

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Murkowski advances in Alaska Senate race, Palin in House

August 18, 2022 Becky Bohrer, Associated Press

JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski advanced from her primary along with Kelly Tshibaka, her GOP rival endorsed by former President Donald Trump, while another Trump-backed candidate, Republican Sarah Palin, was among […]

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Palin nabs early lead in Alaska US House special primary

June 12, 2022 Becky Bohrer, Associated Press

JUNEAU, Alaska — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin leads in early results from Saturday’s special primary for the state’s only U.S. House seat, as voters whittled down the list of 48 candidates running for the […]

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Palin joins 50 others in running for Alaska US House seat

April 8, 2022 Becky Bohrer, Associated Press

JUNEAU, Alaska — Sarah Palin shook up an already unpredictable race for Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat, joining a field of 50 other candidates seeking to fill the seat held for decades by the late-U.S. […]

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Rep. Don Young, longtime Alaska congressman, dies at 88

March 22, 2022 Associated Press

JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Rep. Don Young, who was the longest-serving Republican in the history of the U.S. House, died Friday night.  Young’s office said details about plans for a celebration of Young’s life were expected […]

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Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski to run in 2022; Trump backs rival

November 12, 2021 Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who voted to convict President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial and had called for his resignation after the Jan. 6 protest, announced Friday she will run […]

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US to end large, old-growth timber sales in Alaska forest

July 23, 2021 Matthew Daly and Becky Bohrer, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration said Thursday that it is ending large-scale, old-growth timber sales in the country’s largest national forest — the Tongass National Forest in Alaska — and will focus on forest […]

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Alaska GOP leaders endorse challenger to US Sen. Murkowski

July 12, 2021 The Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — 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, […]

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Federal judge blocks Biden’s pause on new oil, gas leases

June 16, 2021 Kevin McGill, Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — The Biden administration’s suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and water was blocked Tuesday by a federal judge in Louisiana who ordered that plans continue for lease sales […]

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