Initial Republican resistance to Gabbard's nomination melted after a public pressure campaign from President Donald Trump's MAGA allies.

The vote came after Republicans who had initially questioned her experience and judgment fell in line behind her nomination.

The remains of all 10 people killed when their small plane crashed into ice on the Bering Sea have been recovered, ...

Donald Trump is back, and it sure isn’t 2017 anymore in the Senate. Two of the president’s most controversial nominees are on a glide path to confirmation later this week. That caps off a notable ...

Among the deceased are two employees from Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Rhone Baumgartner and Kameron Hartvigson, who traveled to Unalakleet “to service a heat recovery system that is ...

In “First Love,” journalist and SUNY New Paltz professor Lisa A. Phillips offers a guide for parents to help young people navigate their first romantic feelings Journalist and SUNY New Paltz ...

As a result, Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla and Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski announced the Improving Atmospheric River Forecasts Act. The bipartisan legislation requires the National Oceanic and ...

Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) captured the sentiment of some centrist Republicans, who worry about potential collateral damage from Musk’s slash-and-burn style.

The Senate voted 53 to 47 to confirm Russell T. Vought — an architect of the ultraconservative Project 2025 policy agenda — ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...