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Trump, Murkowski and Congress

CBS News on MSN · 1d

Murkowski urges Congress to "stand up" to Trump if he withholds funding

Lisa Murkowski of Alaska on Wednesday urged her colleagues in Congress to reassert their constitutional authority and stand up to President Trump if he withholds funding approved by lawmakers through his mass firings of federal workers or severe cuts to federal agencies.

Alaska Public Media · 21h

Murkowski calls on fellow Republicans to stand up to Trump

Sen. Lisa Murkowski criticized President Trump Wednesday night for dismissing thousands of federal employees and she said Congress needs to call him out when he violates his constitutional limits.

'We have to stand up': Murkowski calls on Congress to resist mass firings by Trump administration

In a telephonic town hall Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said that the recent mass firing of probationary federal employees violated the law and lacked "respect and dignity" toward the workers who have lost their jobs,

Murkowski is 1 of 2 GOP holdouts

Alaska Dispatch News · 20h

Murkowski is one of two GOP holdouts as Senate confirms Trump loyalist Kash Patel to lead FBI

Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Thursday voted against confirming Kash Patel as President Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director. Patel was confirmed by the Republican-majority Senate in a 51-49 vote. Murkowski and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine were the only GOP members to oppose Patel’s confirmation.

Alaska Public Media · 16h

Kash Patel confirmed as FBI lead, despite Murkowski’s no vote

The senator has voted for all but two of Trump’s nominees. She says she has to find a way to work with the administration to press Alaska’s concerns.

The Associated Press on MSN · 1d

Senate confirms Trump loyalist Kash Patel as FBI director despite deep Democratic doubts

Democrats had complained about Patel's lack of management experience and highlighted incendiary past statements that they said called his judgment into question.

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Murkowski takes tough questions at virtual town hall, but doesn’t connect with all constituents

Lisa Murkowski said nobody would get disconnected for asking tough questions during her virtual town hall Wednesday — and ...

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner21h

Murkowski warns of economic fallout amid mass firings

In her most stringent rebuke to date, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski hammered away at policies implemented by the Trump ...

22hon MSN

Republicans Confirm MAGA Conspiracy Theorist as FBI Director

Kash Patel, a die-hard Donald Trump loyalist known for promoting conspiracy theories, was confirmed as FBI Director by Senate ...

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Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski introduces bill to rename mountain - back to Denali

Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski introduces bill to rename mountain - back to Denali - Trump’s order states that the name be ...

Fairbanks KTVF on MSN1d

‘Working around the clock’: Murkowski addresses concerns on cuts to federal workforce in public town hall

More of Alaska’s congressional delegation is reaching out to constituents to learn about the impacts that recent federal ...

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Senate Republican warns that Trump’s downsizing of federal workforce will do ‘more harm than good’

Sen. Lisa Murkowski sounded the alarm over President Trump’s efforts to downsize the federal workforce, particularly over the ...

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