WASHINGTON — More than $1.4 billion has been traded on prediction markets tied to the 2026 midterm elections, marking a major expansion of an industry that allows investors to wager… Read More
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American Express Profit Jumps 28%
NEW YORK — American Express reported a 28% increase in third-quarter profit as affluent customers continued spending and higher annual card fees boosted revenue, but the financial services company also… Read More
Michigan Attorney General Race Tightens as Republicans Target Democratic-Held Seat
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan’s race for attorney general is drawing increased national attention as Republican and Democratic organizations pour resources into a closely contested election to replace term-limited Democratic Attorney… Read More
Microsoft, Alphabet Earnings Wednesday to Test Wall Street’s AI Optimism
NEW YORK — Microsoft and Alphabet are scheduled to report quarterly earnings Wednesday, Oct. 28, giving Wall Street a closely watched assessment of artificial intelligence spending, cloud computing demand and… Read More
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Knudsen Waives MVD Fees for Citizenship Marker This July
Attorney general says MVD will waive renewal and replacement fees in July for Montanans adding the state’s new eagle-in-flight citizenship marker Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced that the state’s… Read More
Poll: Alme Holds Commanding Lead in Senate Race
Survey shows Republican Kurt Alme up 19 points as Bankhead and Bodnar split the opposition vote A new poll shows Democrats and independents divided between two candidates running against Republican… Read More
Nobel Laureate John Jumper to Leave Google DeepMind for Anthropic
Senior research scientist John Jumper said Friday he would leave Google DeepMind to join Anthropic, the latest high-profile departure from the tech giant’s AI research division. Jumper, who shared the… Read More
Gianforte Honors Veterans in Billings, Miles City
Governor recognized two veterans with Montana’s top commendation and addressed the state VFW’s annual convention Gov. Greg Gianforte recently continued his 56 County Tour and honored veterans in Yellowstone and… Read More
Department of War’s Office of Strategic Capital Signs $725 Million Conditional Loan Commitment
Financing aims to scale domestic rare-earth processing as Washington pushes to secure a mine-to-magnet supply chain The U.S. Department of War’s Office of Strategic Capital said Thursday it has signed… Read More
Snap Spins Off Gen-AI Video Team to Form Dotmo, a New Independent Firm
Social-media company sheds in-house AI video unit as it looks to rein in the rising costs of developing generative-AI models and immersive gaming products Snap Inc. is carving out its… Read More
Texas Supreme Court rejects attempt to block beach closures for SpaceX launches
Siding with SpaceX and the attorney general’s office, the Texas Supreme Court on Friday ruled that environmental groups did not have a right to sue to preserve public access to… Read More
Montana State named best school for military spouses and veterans in the country
Abutting the first-floor hallway of Montana State University’s Romney Hall, the Travis W. Atkins Veteran Support Center resembles a typical campus study space. But through the center doors is much more. Equipped with rows of tables, printers and grab-and-go… Read More
California sues over construction of alleged ICE facility
(The Center Square) – California is suing U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies to stop construction of what plaintiffs say is an ICE holding facility near an agricultural… Read More
North Dakota Secures DAPL Protest Settlement
The Justice Department announced a final settlement with the state of North Dakota in the case of North Dakota v. United States, resolving litigation stemming from the violent and disruptive… Read More
Daines Pushes Bipartisan Bill to Shield Taxpayer Privacy
U.S. Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) is taking aim at unauthorized disclosures of taxpayer information, introducing bipartisan legislation that would dramatically increase criminal and civil penalties for those who mishandle or… Read More
Education Department admits it violated court order in Title IX cases
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Education confirmed a whistleblower’s allegations that the agency violated a federal court order while handling Title IX cases tied to gender identity and… Read More
Dark Money Funds Montana’s Anti-Dark Money Campaign
A Montana ballot initiative promising to strip dark money from elections is itself being bankrolled almost entirely by a so-called dark money organization — a glaring contradiction that even its… Read More
Judge Rejects Ellsworth’s Immunity Claims in Corruption Case
A Montana district court judge has dealt a significant blow to embattled state Sen. Jason Ellsworth, rejecting all five motions filed by his attorneys seeking to dismiss a criminal corruption… Read More
Montana Joins Initiative to Open Trump Accounts for Foster Youth
Governor Greg Gianforte announced Montana joined First Lady Melania Trump’s initiative to expand access to Trump Accounts for children in the foster care system, providing a financial foundation for young… Read More
Knudsen Leads 22-State Coalition Urging Congress to Fund Border Agencies
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of 22 state attorneys general in urging Congress to pass the Secure America Act, legislation that would provide long-term, stable funding for… Read More
SpaceX Makes History With Record-Breaking $75 Billion IPO
Elon Musk’s SpaceX priced its initial public offering Thursday, raising $75 billion and cementing the rocket maker’s place among the world’s most valuable companies in what stands as the largest… Read More
Montana State chemistry student wins prestigious Astronaut Scholarship
Montana State University student Peyton Summerhill has wanted to be a scientist for as long as she can remember. “For so many years as a kid, I was looking around… Read More
Talarico lands endorsement from lawyer who defended Paxton in impeachment, securities fraud cases
WASHINGTON — One of the lawyers who defended Attorney General Ken Paxton during his three-year-old impeachment trial endorsed Democrat James Talarico Monday in Texas’ U.S. Senate race. Dan Cogdell, a… Read More
Cuban Calls for Radical Simplification of U.S. Health Care System
NEW YORK — Billionaire entrepreneur and Cost Plus Drugs co-founder Mark Cuban argued that the American health care system has become so unnecessarily complicated that the most effective reform would… Read More
Researchers put a number on how much debt U.S. can carry
(The Center Square) – The United States has about 20 years to change course on its national debt before it reaches the estimated limits of its debt capacity, according to… Read More
National Democrats aim to flip 12 Texas House seats under newly expanded target list
National Democrats on Wednesday unveiled their most ambitious list of targets in the Texas House in years, adding a dozen districts, on top of three previously announced seats, to their… Read More
National Security Memorandum Puts AI at Center of U.S. Military Strategy
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum establishing a new framework to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence across the U.S. military and intelligence community, directing… Read More
Montana governor to Washington companies: We want your business
(The Center Square) – The Governor of Montana tells The Center Square he hopes to lure more out of state business expansion into his state, following this week’s announcement that… Read More
Three Americans Arrested for Allegedly Plotting to Support ISIS
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The FBI arrested three men Friday morning in Kansas and California on charges that they conspired to provide material support to ISIS, allegedly discussing violent attacks… Read More
Texas tops California, New York, with the most Fortune 500 headquarters
(The Center Square) – Under Gov. Greg Abbott, the most Fortune 500 headquarters are now located in Texas. According to Fortune Media’s 2026 Fortune 500 list, its top companies are headquartered… Read More
Janicki Industries Selects Great Falls for $800 Million Manufacturing Campus
GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Gov. Greg Gianforte announced that Janicki Industries selected Great Falls as the site of an $800 million manufacturing campus expected to create more than 1,000 jobs… Read More
Internet Crimes Against Children Prevention Month Spotlights Surge in Online Exploitation
HELENA, Mont. — Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and the Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigation called on Montanans to take steps to protect children from online predators during… Read More
Florida sues OpenAI
Florida became the first state this week to sue OpenAI. The civil complaint against OpenAI and Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman accuses the company of deceptive practices and harms to… 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
Boilermakers Union Leaders Convicted of Racketeering and Embezzling Millions
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
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
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
Almost 25,000 immigration arrests made in Florida
(The Center Square) – Since Florida launched its immigration enforcement effort, Operation Tidal Wave, in February, nearly 25,000 arrests have been made statewide. “Florida will continue to use every available… 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
Flint, Forstag advance in CD1
Retired combat veteran and conservative broadcaster Aaron Flint won the Republican primary for Montana’s Western Congressional District Tuesday, defeating Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen and former state senator Al Olszewski… Read More
Proposed $250 bill could be a boon for drug cartels, experts warn
(The Center Square) – A proposal to create the largest U.S. currency denomination in more than 50 years could unintentionally benefit drug cartels, money launderers and tax cheats, according to… 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
Trump Orders Review of Childhood Vaccine Schedule
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order directing federal health officials to review and potentially update the United States’ childhood vaccine schedule to better align with practices in… Read More
All Eyes on Montana CD1 as Primary Day Arrives
Montana voters will cast ballots Tuesday in primary elections that will shape the state’s most competitive federal races of the 2026 cycle, with talk radio host Aaron Flint entering primary… Read More
Billings Votes to Create Independent Airport Authority After Nearly a Century of City Control
BILLINGS, Mont. — The Billings City Council voted to establish an independent governmental authority to oversee Billings Logan International Airport, ending nearly a century of direct municipal control over one… Read More
Gianforte Highlights Rural Business, Energy, and Agriculture on 56 County Tour
HELENA, Mont. — Gov. Greg Gianforte continued his annual 56 County Tour this week, visiting small businesses, energy facilities, agricultural operations, and infrastructure projects across six counties along Montana’s Hi-Line… Read More
Ocasio-Cortez Rallies for Forstag in Missoula
MISSOULA, Mont. — U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez traveled to Missoula Thursday to headline a campaign rally for Democratic congressional candidate Sam Forstag, bringing national progressive star power to Montana’s competitive… Read More
Bodnar Clears First Hurdle in Montana Senate Independent Bid
HELENA, Mont. — Independent U.S. Senate candidate Seth Bodnar appears on track to qualify for Montana’s November general election ballot after county election officials certified more than 18,000 signatures and… Read More
Treasury Targets Hizballah-Aligned Officials Obstructing Peace and Disarmament
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated nine individuals in Lebanon this week for obstructing the peace process and impeding the disarmament of Hizballah, targeting… Read More