Lisa Murkowski, a longtime senator from Alaska and an independent voice in an increasingly tribal party, has been the rare Republican on Capitol Hill willing to criticize President Trump’s actions.

Re “A Startling Admission From a G.O.P. Senator: ‘We Are All Afraid’” (news article, nytimes.com, April 17): Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, says, “We are all afraid.” ...

Moderate Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski claimed this week that she and other lawmakers are worried about retaliation for speaking out against some of the Trump administration’s policies.

Win McNamee / Getty Images In a now-viral video, Republican Rep. Lisa Murkowski recently spoke at a conference in her home state of Alaska, where she openly admitted that she's afraid of speaking out ...