For years, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have complained about the U.S. falling behind Russia and China in the Arctic.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was among the Michigan Democrats who criticized the Senate's passage of Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill ...

Provisions that would have shielded the state from some health care and food stamp cuts appear to be on the path to failure.

Mich., is calling on the U.S. Senate to reinclude funding for a new Great Lakes heavy icebreaker in its reconciliation bill ...

Fighting it out over the Arctic, with the vast resources of the Arctic, is going to be the new great game of the twenty-first century,” Steve Bannon, who served as chief strategist early in President ...

Alaska-focused changes near start of debate on the bill highlight the importance of each Republican, including Murkowski and Sullivan.

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) departed Seattle Thursday, beginning its annual Arctic deployment. The crew ...

The Coast Guard’s new commercial icebreaker is enroute to the West Coast ahead of its August commissioning in Alaska, marking a milestone in the effort to rebuild U.S. defenses in the Arctic Region.

Finally, we can have a look at the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Healy, the most technologically advanced and largest American icebreaker. Designed as a research platform, it has 4,200 feet of lab space ...

Overall, though, big icebreakers — with reinforced hulls and special bows — are good for opening up Far North channels. They are slow and noisy, not exactly qualities you want in a combat vessel.