This Day in Alaskan History-May 30th, 1788

‘Sign of Madness’: Critics Warn Trump DHS Plan Would Cause ‘Apocalyptic’ Chaos at Airports

  “Do any of these people have a working brain or understand how life works in the real world?” asked a retired air traffic controller. US Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Thursday reiterated his threat to remove Customs and Border Protection agents from airports at so-called “sanctuary cities” that bar local police from cooperating [...]

‘A 1-2 Punch Against Trump’s Corruption’: Judge Blocks Renaming, Closure of Kennedy Center

  “Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it.” A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s renaming of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts after himself is illegal and temporarily barred the president from shuttering the Washington, DC cultural institution for renovations. Trump’s effort to rename the [...]

Congressman Begich Announces Alaska’s 2026 Congressional Art Competition Winner

     ANCHORAGE, AK – Congressman Nick Begich (R-AK) announced Service High School student Ivy Suoja has been selected as Alaska’s winner of the 2026 Congressional Art Competition with her mixed media collage portrait titled, Arctic Bear. As Alaska’s role in the Arctic continues to grow in importance to America’s future, Ivy’s piece is particularly timely. Her artwork [...]

Research team seeks answers from a changing river

  Dan Gillikin surveyed the view from his front window and didn’t like what he saw. The Aniak River, which runs alongside his house, was a jumble of car-sized chunks of ice. Breakup on the nearby Kuskokwim River had pushed a frozen snarl down the Aniak, making it impassable. “I’m basically looking at Armageddon right [...]

How Alaska Native communities navigate a potential $170 billion gold mine

  Japanese researchers find that simple ‘support’ or ‘opposition’ cannot capture the full complexity of Alaska Native communities’ decision-making Fukuoka, Japan—Sitting at the northwestern edge of North America, Alaska stretches across a vast Arctic land of wilderness, culture, and wealth beneath the surface. Among its resources is the Donlin Gold deposit, located in southwestern Alaska’s [...]

3 Months of Trump’s Disastrous Iran War Has Cost US Consumers $60 Billion in Extra Energy Costs​

  The average US household, according to Moody’s, has shouldered nearly $450 in extra fuel costs due to the Republican president’s unprovoked Middle East war. Americans have made clear since President Donald Trump joined Israel in beginning an unprovoked war on Iran that they view the conflict-of-choice as damaging to their financial well-being—and that they blame the president for the higher [...]

Trump Official Tells Millions Kicked Off Food Aid That They’re ‘Moving Into the American Dream’

  “Unless the Trump administration has redefined ‘the American dream’ to mean ‘losing the help your family needs to afford groceries because of federal cuts,’ I have some bad news for Secretary Rollins,” said one expert. The head of the US Agriculture Department on Thursday celebrated that millions of people have lost federal nutrition assistance under the [...]

This Day in Alaskan History-May 29th, 1943

‘The Call Came From the White House’: Trump Aide Secured $620 Million Pentagon Loan for Firm Tied to Don Jr.

  The president’s eldest son had taken a stake in the rare-earth magnet firm three months before the loan was announced. Three months after Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm took a stake in a small North Carolina rare-earth magnet firm, a Pentagon department tasked with boosting rare-earth manufacturing for national defense purposes expedited a request for a loan [...]