WASHINGTON - If only looks could kill. Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski stared down a reporter in a tense exchange that quickly went viral on social media, after she had voted in favor of ...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) had a tense moment with NBC News reporter Ryan Nobles after he pressed her on the backlash she faced for her vote on the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” on Tuesday.

“Sen. Lisa Murkowski stares me down for more than 10 secs after I ask her to respond to Sen. Rand Paul’s critique of the deal she struck to get her to a YES and pass the OBBB,” Nobles wrote.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski had a tense exchange with an NBC reporter when questioned about Sen. Rand Paul's criticism that the spending bill was a bailout for Alaska.