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Customers wait their turn to place their order Sunday, March 1, 2026, during the annual opening day of the Dairy Queen in Moorhead, Minn. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)

Dairy Queen closes 46 locations nationwide since early 2025

By The Washington Times AI News Desk

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, June 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Man with same name as U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan is eligible for Alaska’s primary ballot, judge rules

By Becky Bohrer - Associated Press

A shopper makes a purchase with food stamps on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) ** FILE **

Food stamp overpayment rate was 9% last year

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A fin whale is seen stranded, possibly stuck on its belly, in a shallow fjord on the western coast at Vejle, Denmark, on June 16, 2010. A cruise ship struck a pregnant whale (not pictured) in waters off the coast of Alaska, killing the endangered marine mammal. (Benny F. Nielsen, Polfoto via AP, File)

Endangered pregnant whale found dead on bow of Royal Caribbean cruise ship in Alaska

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

FILE - A view of the United States Coast Guard headquarters building in Washington, June 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Coast Guard helicopter crashes on a training mission in Alaska and four crew members are injured

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

Anjuli Grantham, left, and Ben Muse protest with others outside the Alaska Division of Elections office on Friday, June 12, 2026, in Juneau, Alaska, opposing efforts to block from the ballot a U.S. Senate candidate who shares the same name and party affiliation as the incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Challenger with same name as Alaska U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan sues to stay on ballot

By Becky Bohrer - Associated Press

In this 2018 image provided by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, a buoy used to gather data floats in the Pioneer Mid-Atlantic Bight off the coast of North Carolina. (Darlene Trew Crist/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution via AP)

National Science Foundation reverses decision to dismantle oceans-monitoring network after outcry

Associated Press

In this image provided by Karen Dillman, Alaska Senate candidate Dan Sullivan, one of the challengers to the incumbent senator, also named Dan Sullivan, poses for a photo on a hike, Sunday, June 7, 2026, on Kupreanof Island, near Petersburg, Alaska. (Karen Dillman via AP)

Alaska election official threatens to disqualify Republican who shares name with Dan Sullivan

By Becky Bohrer - Associated Press

The coal-burning TransAlta power plant is shown near Centralia, Wash., April 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Trump to spend $700M to boost U.S. coal production

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, speaks during the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Defense secretary, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan prepares legal fight against primary challenger named Dan Sullivan

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Polar bear sleeping in Utqiagvik, Alaska. File photo credit: Cool Snaps AK via Shutterstock.

Alaskan town enters ‘midnight sun’ season with no sunset for months

By Juliet La Sala - The Washington Times

An Anchorage Police Department patrol car parked in the city center. File photo credit: HASAN AKBAS via Shutterstock.

Body of missing 19-year-old woman found in Alaska

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

This photo provided by Roger MacKertich shows a polar bear on a barrier island Sept. 18, 2019, near Kaktovik, Alaska. (Roger MacKertich via AP)

A tiny Arctic village in Alaska is trying to revive its polar-bear tourism industry

By Mark Thiessen - Associated Press

FILE - A sign hangs outside the director's office of the Alaska Division of Elections, March 19. 2026, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File)

Groups sue Alaska election officials, allege the sharing of voter data with DOJ was unconstitutional

By Becky Bohrer - Associated Press

Caribou graze in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska on June 1, 2001. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

Trump aims for more drill, baby, drill in Alaska, with auction in June

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Alaska oil and United States of America energy dominance illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Alaska can secure American energy dominance — again

By Michael Dunleavy and Jennifer Sutton

WATCH: Freefalling at 35 below into one of the most unforgiving places on Earth

A sign hangs outside the director's office of the Alaska Division of Elections, Thursday, March 19. 2026, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Cast a ballot and wait for the plane. In Alaska, a grace period for ballots is seen as a necessity

By Becky Bohrer - Associated Press