Politics

The new book by Lisa Weissler will thrill policy wonks and inform those seeking a clear-eyed understanding of how Alaska reached its present dysfunction.

By Jai’Michael Anderson

SGA “Top 4” candidates gathered in Floyd Theater for the campus issues forum on Feb. 11, 2026.

At the Q&A, U of L SGA student body president candidates were asked how they would make students’ voices heard during political polarization on campus. Each candidate, Kathleen Price, Mariana Meneses and Yash Arabati, supported varying forms

This week on Politics Unplugged, former state GOP boss Gina Swoboda announces she is leaving the congressional race in CD1 to run for Secretary of State. Then, Republican consultant Marcus Dell’Artino and former Democratic lawmaker Reginald Bolding discuss Karrin Taylor Robson pulling the plug on her run for governor and Senator Mark Kelly winning his legal fights against Pete Hegseth.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shut down on Saturday after Congress failed to pass a funding bill for the department.  DHS accounts for 3 percent of the U.S. federal budget and most…

Trump has refused to apologize for the video despite strong bipartisan backlash.

Ash Wednesday arrives with questions for Christian critics and supporters as Trump administration’s mass immigration operations continue.

Former President Barack Obama said that the behavior of ICE agents in Minnesota over the past few months was “deeply concerning and dangerous.”

Former President Barack Obama said a video President Donald Trump posted depicting Obama and his wife as apes was part of a shameless “clown show.”