President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced his nomination of federal judges to fill district court vacancies. Trump tapped Aaron Peterson to serve on the Alaska District Court, selected David ...

The Senate Judiciary Committee for a second time this Congress has advanced President Donald Trump’s nominee for a federal court in Alaska. By a 14-9, bipartisan vote, the panel approved natural ...

Aaron Peterson at his confirmation hearing in the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Nov. 19, 2025. WASHINGTON — President Trump’s pick to be a federal judge in Alaska encountered no turbulence at his ...

One of Alaska’s two federal judge vacancies has been filled. The U.S. Senate voted 58-39 on Wednesday to confirm state natural resources attorney Aaron Peterson to serve as the state’s newest federal ...

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday advanced President Donald Trump’s nomination of a career natural resources attorney to fill an opening on a federal court in Alaska. Aaron Peterson secured ...

Aaron Peterson received some bipartisan support on the Senate floor Tuesday. The Senate will take a final vote on Wednesday to confirm natural resources attorney Aaron Peterson to become an Alaska ...

Senate lawmakers had few questions for a natural resources lawyer whom President Donald Trump has tapped to be a federal judge in Alaska. If confirmed, Aaron Peterson would be one of only two active ...

President Donald Trump appears poised to nominate a natural resources attorney to a federal court in Alaska that has only had one active judge on staff since a former Interior Department lawyer last ...

President Donald Trump plans to nominate Aaron Peterson, an attorney with the Alaska Department of Law’s natural resources division, for one of two open federal judgeships on the bench of the U.S.

The Senate has voted to install a new judge on a court that frequently decides environment and energy cases. Lawmakers voted 58-39 on Wednesday to confirm Aaron Peterson to the U.S. District Court for ...