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In this June 28, 2019, file photo, U.S. Rep. Don Young answers a reporter's question after filing paperwork for re-election at the Alaska Division of Elections in Anchorage, Alaska. Young, the longest-serving member of Alaska’s congressional delegation, died Friday, March 18, 2022. He was 88. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

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Alaska Rep. Don Young to lie in state at US Capitol
By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press
Mon,03/21/22-12:51PM , 184 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Don Young, the longest-serving Republican in House history, will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol on March 29, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Monday.

Young's office announced the congressman's death in a statement Friday night. He was 88.
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This is a display of Alimov Vodka, from Russia, in a Total Wine and More store in University Park, Fla., on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. The House voted overwhelmingly Thursday, March 17, to suspend normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus, preparing for President Joe Biden to enact higher tariffs on more products and further weaken the Russian economy in response to its military assault on Ukraine. The U.S. has already taken steps to shut off the importation of Russian oil, liquefied natural gas, seafood, alcohol and diamonds. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

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House votes to further restrict Russian trade after invasion
By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press
Thu,03/17/22-2:34PM , 245 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to suspend normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus, preparing for President Joe Biden to enact higher tariffs on more products and further weaken the Russian econo
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In this April 28, 2011, photo, an Afghan National Army pickup truck passes parked U.S. armored military vehicles, as smoke rises from a fire in a trash burn pit at Forward Operating Base Caferetta Nawzad, Helmand province south of Kabul, Afghanistan. The House is poised to pass legislation that would dramatically boost health care services and disability benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Simon Klingert, File)

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House backs bill to help veterans exposed to toxic burn pits
By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press
Wed,03/02/22-11:27PM , 312 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill that would dramatically boost health care services and disability benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan won approval Thursday in the House.
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Employees wearing protective equipment work at a semiconductor production facility for Renesas Electronics during a government organized tour for journalists in Beijing, on May 14, 2020. House Democrats are poised to approve legislation Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, that they say positions the United States to better compete with China economically and on the global stage by strengthening the domestic semiconductor industry, shoring up strained supply chains and bolstering international alliances. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

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House passes bill to boost US computer chip production
By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press
Thu,02/03/22-11:08PM , 210 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats on Friday muscled legislation through the House that they say positions the United States to better compete with China economically and on the global stage by strengthening the domestic semiconductor industry and shoring up strained supply chains.
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