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Two Russians seek asylum after reaching remote Alaskan island!

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Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid compulsory military service have sought asylum in the United States after landing on a remote Alaskan island in the Bering Sea, the office of US Senator Lisa Murkowski said on Thursday. Karina Burger, a spokeswoman for Murkowski, said via email that the office had been in contact with the US Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection and that “Russian nationals reported fleeing a coastal community on Russia’s east coast to avoid compulsory military service.” Coast Guard, Customs and Border…

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Alaska special election results: Mary Peltola beats Sarah Palin to win House of Representatives seat!

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Juneau, Alaska – Democrat Mary Biltola won the special election for Alaska’s only seat in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, beating a field that includes Republican Sarah Palin, who has been seeking a political return to the state in which she was governor. Biltola, a 49-year-old Yup’ik on Wednesday, will become the first Alaskan Native to serve in the home and the first woman to hold the seat. She will serve in the remaining months of the term of late Republican Representative Don Young. Young held the seat…

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Liz Cheney braces for loss as Trump tested in Wyoming and Alaska!

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Cheney, Wu. – Wyoming Representative Liz Cheney, the leader of the Republican resistance to former President Donald Trump, is fighting to retain her seat in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday as voters press the direction of the Republican Party. Cheney’s team is preparing to lose to a Trump-backed rival in the state where it won by the largest margins during the 2020 campaign. Surviving or losing, the Vice President’s 56-year-old daughter vows to stay in national politics as she contemplates a presidential bid in 2024. But in the…

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