Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican who would prefer no label, is once again speaking out against the Trump administration, this time over its efforts to dismantle USAID. Writing Thursday on X, the Alaska senator said she'd met this week with USAID employees from her state,

Some in the GOP, including the president, oppose slashing Medicaid. But with cuts to Social Security and Medicare already ruled out, some argue that cuts to Medicaid may be necessary, given the spending cuts and tax cuts in the budget proposal passed by the House last week.

The House is calling for spending cuts that would likely reduce Medicaid, the government insurance program covering one in three Alaskans.

Conservatives and Republican Party figures appear to be divided over the heated meeting between Trump and Zelensky.

One of the few remaining Republicans in Congress to openly clash with President Donald Trump has a book out this summer. Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s “Far From Home: An Alaskan Senator Faces the Extreme Climate of Washington,