By SUZANNE DOWNING All went smoothly for First Lady Jill Biden and Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland as they traveled from Washington, D.C. to Bethel, a town with a population of 6,200, for a brief rally in a gymnasium filled with school children and their parents. Bethel is the hometown of Rep. Mary Peltola, … Continue reading Downing: Pork barrel trip for Jill Biden, Deb Haaland, was rescue mission for Mary Peltola