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Pelosi sees infrastructure package similar to Trump $2T plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats want to enact a massive infrastructure package upgrading the nation's broadband, road and water systems, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday, in the next installment of Congress' effort to help the country weather the destructive blows inflicted by the coronavirus...
Virus strands 19 Alaska residents in Peru, senator says
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — At least 19 Alaska residents are stuck in Peru due to the global outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said. The U.S. Embassy in Peru said the country has closed its borders to all international travel, KTVA-TV reported Monday. The Republican senator spoke with...
Alaska woman facing deportation believed she was a citizen
BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska woman facing deportation was unaware she was not a U.S. citizen until she was 22 years old, she said. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has ordered Becky Trimble to leave the country, Alaska Public Media reported Tuesday. The Bethel resident has lived in...
Senate energy bill falls apart amid dispute over coolants
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was supposed to be a bipartisan moment for the Senate. But now a sweeping energy package promoted as a "down payment" on fighting climate change is falling apart amid a push to limit coolants used in air conditioners and refrigerators. The energy legislation would boost efficiency and...
Dems thwart Senate Republicans on 2 abortion-related bills
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a pair of Republican bills that would ban most late-term abortions and threaten prison for doctors who don't try saving the life of infants born alive during abortions. The measures have been defeated multiple times in recent years, but Senate...
Murkowski says she's not focused on presidential race
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump has had policies that are good and have helped Alaska, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Tuesday, but she did not say if she would support his re-election bid. Murkowski, a Republican, told reporters in Alaska's capital city she planned to focus on issues important...
Senate moves to limit Trump on military force against Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved a bipartisan measure Thursday aimed at limiting President Donald Trump's authority to launch military operations against Iran, with eight Republicans joining Democrats in a post-impeachment bid to constrain the White House. The rebuke was the Senate's first major vote...
House acts to remove deadline for Equal Rights Amendment
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a bid to revive the Equal Rights Amendment, the House on Thursday approved a measure removing a 1982 deadline for state ratification and reopening the process to amend the Constitution to prohibit discrimination based on sex. "There is no expiration date on equality,'' said Democratic...
With impeachment over, critics see Trump 'retribution tour'
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the week since his acquittal on impeachment charges, a fully emboldened President Donald Trump is demonstrating his determination to assert an iron grip on government, pushing his Justice Department to ease up on a longtime friend while using the levers of presidential powers to exact...
After impeachment: Congress adrift, oversight uncertain
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inside the Capitol, it’s as if the impeachment of President Donald Trump never happened. One week after the historic undertaking shuttered to a close, Congress is feverishly back at work emboldened but also arguably diminished by the outcome. Senate Republicans are flexing their...
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