Sen. Murkowski criticized Trump’s unconstitutional Chicago troop deployment, opposed a Fed nominee over White House ties, and warned of unpaid furloughs amid shutdown risks.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, criticized President Trump’s 2019 deployment of military forces to Chicago without state consent, calling it unconstitutional. She expressed disappointment that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. focused on vaccines instead of chronic disease as promised. Murkowski voted against a Federal Reserve nominee due to ties to the White House, citing threats to the Fed’s independence. She emphasized her willingness to dissent from her party on issues of executive overreach, including illegal budget recissions, and voiced concern that furloughed federal workers might not receive back pay during a shutdown.