KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A federal jury convicted four current and former leaders of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers on racketeering, embezzlement, and fraud charges, finding that they stole millions… Read More
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Montana Leads Multi-State Challenge to California Physician DEI Requirement
HELENA, Mont. — Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a 14-state coalition of attorneys general in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, asking the justices to… Read More
Ninth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Climate Case
HELENA, Mont. — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a federal district court’s dismissal of Lighthiser v. Trump, a climate-related lawsuit that Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen had intervened… Read More
Senate Confirms Katie Lane as Montana’s Newest Federal District Judge
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate confirmed Katie Lane to a lifetime appointment as a federal district court judge for the District of Montana on Tuesday in a 52-46 party-line vote,… Read More
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Sheehy Calls for Accountability After DOJ Charges Rocky Mountain Lab Scientists With Smuggling Monkeypox
HAMILTON, Mont. — The Department of Justice charged two researchers from the Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Hamilton with conspiracy to smuggle monkeypox into the United States and making false statements… Read More
Analysis Confirms Tax Cuts Flowed Mostly to Working Class Americans
WASHINGTON — A new analysis from the U.S. Treasury Department found that American families and workers claimed $82 billion in individual relief from the Working Families Tax Cuts, with the… Read More
Trump Expands At-Will Employment to 8,000 Federal Positions
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order reclassifying approximately 8,000 policy-influencing federal positions into a new category called Schedule Policy/Career, making it significantly easier for agencies to remove… Read More
U.S. Navy Christens USNS Thurgood Marshall in San Diego Ceremony
SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Navy christened its newest John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler, USNS Thurgood Marshall, during a ceremony Saturday morning at the General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding… Read More
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Zinke Secures $22 Million for Montana in House Appropriations Bills
WASHINGTON — Retiring Western Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke secured more than $22 million in community project funding and a broad range of Montana agriculture and policy priorities across three fiscal… Read More
Eight Senate Republicans broke ranks this week. John Cornyn, spurned by Trump in his primary, didn’t.
WASHINGTON — A handful of Senate Republicans this week joined Democrats to oppose a controversial Trump nominee and vote against the president’s “anti-weaponization fund” and East Wing ballroom — the… Read More
Speaker Johnson Calls Out Democrats on Fraud While Touting Tax Cut Results
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson used the weekly House Republican Leadership press conference Tuesday to highlight new Treasury Department data showing the Working Families Tax Cuts delivered the largest… Read More
Montana Senate Race Takes Shape With Alme, Bankhead, and Bodnar Headed to November
HELENA, Mont. — Former U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme and Air Force veteran Alani Bankhead emerged Tuesday as the Republican and Democratic nominees for Montana’s open U.S. Senate seat, setting up… Read More
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Cattle Markets Swing Wildly as Screwworm Fears Rattle Traders
CHICAGO — Cattle futures posted a turbulent week, surging to strong resistance levels Thursday before retreating sharply Friday as renewed fears about New World Screwworm cases in Texas sent traders… Read More
Warsh Takes the Wheel at the Fed
WASHINGTON — Kevin Warsh begins his first full week as chairman of the Federal Reserve today with markets watching closely for early signals on monetary policy direction as stubbornly high… Read More
MGM, Caesars Takeover Bids Signal New Era for Las Vegas
The Las Vegas Strip is facing a wave of consolidation unlike anything seen in a generation, with two major casino takeover deals announced in the span of days that could… Read More
Texas sues Discord, arguing online messaging platform endangered children, misled users
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing online messaging platform Discord, accusing the tech company of exposing children to predators using the service and deceiving users about the safety of… Read More
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