Wednesday marks the 150th anniversary of the US taking possession of Alaska following the 1867 purchase of the territory from Russia. The idea of an "Alaska Purchase" saw a renaissance last month, ...

For many Americans, foreign influence-peddling seems like a modern threat. But foreign regimes have attempted to target and sway American policymakers for centuries, going all the way back to the ...

Russia lost a war in Crimea in the 1850s, leaving the country deep in debt. To ease that burden, Russia cut a real estate deal with the U.S. government, selling its colony of Alaska to the Americans.

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has granted an exemption allowing Alaska Airlines to proceed with its proposed acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines, and the carriers expect to close the deal as ...

Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will hold a high-stakes meeting about the Ukraine war on Friday in Alaska, which the United States bought from Russia more than 150 years ago. Russian ...

When Russian President Vladimir Putin touches down in Alaska on Friday to discuss ending the war in Ukraine with U.S. President Donald Trump, he’ll be landing in a former Russian colony that still ...

As the deadline to pass their health care plan looms, Capitol Hill Republicans are looking anxiously to Sen. Lisa Murkowski. The Alaska senator was one of three in her party to vote against ...