Juneau Independent

Disaster survivors are having to wait longer to get aid from the federal government, according to a new Associated Press analysis of decades of data.

President Donald Trump’s aim to shutter the Education Department faces steep hurdles in Congress, where Republicans’ legislative efforts to abolish the agency remain stalled and appropriators have rejected many of his proposed cuts to education spending.

Republican governors want National Guard members to help ICE, in addition to deploying to Washington.

The contrasting moves come amid turmoil at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Despite the assistance of armed troops in U.S. cities, federal immigration officials recorded fewer daily arrests in August than in July and remain well short of a Trump administration plan for 3,000 arrests a day, according to a new report.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) criticized the Trump administration Tuesday for what she called an “unlawful” attempt to yank back roughly $5 billion in government funding previously approved by Congress.

Some research suggests college-educated officers use force less often and elicit fewer complaints.

Faith groups teach youth on ‘released time’ from public schools.

Participants come out to walk and support the Out of the Darkness Walk in Chicago in September 2024. (Photo by Barry Brecheisen/Getty...

Alaska was one of 40 states, the District of Columbia and several territories sent warning letters by US Health and Human Services stating they risk losing federal funding.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday directing state National Guard units to be ready to assist local, state and federal law enforcement, a potential step toward a dramatic expansion of Trump’s use of military personnel for domestic policing.

Employees at the Federal Emergency Management Agency wrote to Congress on Monday warning that the Trump administration had reversed much...