Montana Politics

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Montana AG Leads 22-State Coalition Asking Supreme Court to Hear Parental Rights Case

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, along with 21 other state attorneys general, has filed a brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a case challenging a Massachusetts school district’s policy on student “social transitioning” without parental consent. The case, Foote v. Ludlow School Committee, involves Ludlow Public Schools and parents Stephen Foote and Marissa Read More…

Montana Delegation Urges President Trump to Impose Tariffs on Russian Palladium

U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy led a letter from Montana’s congressional delegation urging President Donald Trump to take immediate action against Russia’s palladium exports, calling for a 50 percent tariff on unwrought palladium imports from Russia to protect American jobs and domestic mineral production. The letter, also signed by Senator Steve Daines, Rep. Troy Downing, and Read More…

Daines Urges Swift Implementation of Executive Order Expanding 401(k) Investment

U.S. Senator Steve Daines joined a bipartisan group of senators in urging the U.S. Department of Labor to quickly implement President Trump’s recent Executive Order expanding access to alternative investments for Americans with 401(k) and other defined-contribution retirement plans. The letter, sent to Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, was also signed by Senators Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), Read More…

Regional Politics

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Federal Judge Blocks Use of Washington Medicaid Data for Immigration Enforcement

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction preventing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from using Medicaid data obtained from Washington and 19 other states for immigration enforcement purposes. The order also bars the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from sharing such data with DHS. The injunction comes after Washington and Read More…

Governor Little Signs Executive Order to Streamline State Government

Governor Brad Little signed Executive Order 2025-05, known as “The Idaho Act,” aimed at creating efficiencies in state government, reducing spending, and supporting public schools while implementing federal tax cuts for Idahoans. The order directs state executive branch agencies — excluding K-12 public schools — to identify opportunities for consolidation, revert unfilled positions, reduce contract Read More…

Nurses’ union shames Kaiser Permanente for ending transgender surgeries for minors

(The Center Square) – The nation’s largest nurses’ union is blasting Kaiser Permanente for pausing gender-affirming surgeries for patients under 19 starting next month, due to pending litigation and pressure from the Trump administration. “As the legal and regulatory environment for gender-affirming care continues to evolve, we must carefully consider the significant risks being created Read More…

Gov. Kelly Armstrong Urges Strong Support for Infrastructure, Permitting Reform

North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, calling on lawmakers to maintain strong federal funding for transportation infrastructure, provide greater flexibility to states, and enact permitting reforms to accelerate project delivery and reduce costs. Speaking on behalf of the National Governors Association during a hearing titled Read More…

National Politics

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WinRed Posts Record GOP Fundraising

Republican candidates are increasingly turning to WinRed as their go-to fundraising platform, with new figures showing record-breaking growth across the 2024 election cycle. According to data released by the GOP-backed digital fundraising service, Republicans raised a total of $5.6 billion through WinRed over the past three election cycles, with contributions from 8.8 million individual donors. Read More…

Obama Administration Under Fire as Declassified Intel Questions 2016 Election Narrative

Newly declassified documents released by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard are reigniting fierce political debate over the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation, with conservatives alleging they show top Obama administration officials helped fabricate the narrative of collusion to discredit then-candidate Donald Trump. The documents include a previously unreleased annex to the 2023 Durham report Read More…

Former Trump Official: Gabbard Confirmed ‘What We All Knew’ About Obama and Russian Collusion Hoax

As Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Tulsi Gabbard continues to release declassified documents and public statements alleging that former President Obama and members of his administration played a central role in “manufacturing” the narrative of Russian collusion in an effort to undermine Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, the charges, countercharges, and flat-out denials — including Read More…