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Gov. Little Hosts Trump Administration Officials

Governor Brad Little and Lieutenant Governor Scott Bedke welcomed top officials from the Trump administration to Idaho this week for a wildfire preparedness roundtable and the Governor’s annual trail ride, bringing together state, federal, and local leaders to coordinate efforts ahead of the 2025 wildfire season. The visit included senior leaders from the U.S. Department Read More…

Knudsen Appoints Billings Attorney Emily Jones to Montana Judicial Standards Commission

Attorney General Austin Knudsen today announced the appointment of Billings attorney Emily Jones to the Montana Judicial Standards Commission, a key body responsible for upholding the integrity and ethical standards of the state’s judiciary. With more than 15 years in private practice, Jones brings extensive legal experience to the commission, which investigates allegations of judicial Read More…

Gianforte, U.S. Forest Service Formalize Landmark Shared Stewardship Agreement for Montana’s Forests

Governor Greg Gianforte and U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz has signed a historic Shared Stewardship Agreement between the State of Montana and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, launching an ambitious new partnership to accelerate forest restoration and wildfire risk reduction across the state. The agreement establishes a long-term framework to dramatically increase Read More…

Montana Attorney General Launches Investigation into Lee Enterprises Following Cyberattack

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced Friday that his office has opened an investigation into Lee Enterprises following a February cyberattack that compromised the personal information of nearly 40,000 employees and subscribers, including an undisclosed number of Montanans. Lee Enterprises, based in Davenport, Iowa, owns several major newspapers in Montana, including the Helena Independent Record, Read More…

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House Republicans advance Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ to a final vote

Republicans in the House of Representatives advanced US President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill toward a final yes-or-no vote early Thursday morning, appearing to overcome internal party divisions over its cost. Following a day of closed-door meetings both on Capitol Hill and at the White House, lawmakers cleared a final procedural hurdle needed to Read More…

Rare Christian cross among spectacular 1,000-year-old Viking treasures found by metal detectorists

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Archaeologists recently unearthed a hoard of early medieval treasures on the banks of an inlet in northern Germany, all thanks to a metal detectorist. The State Archaeology Department of Schleswig-Holstein (ALSH) announced the discovery in a press release in late May.  The hoard, dating back roughly 1,000 Read More…

Diddy’s dream team avoided ‘disaster’ with one key move, OJ Simpson attorney says

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sean “Diddy” Combs was acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering charges Wednesday following a two-month trial where his legal team argued that the case was about “voluntary adult choices,” not a “mean” man running a criminal enterprise. After the verdict was read, people in the courtroom began Read More…

UM Launches New Major in Entertainment, Events and Sports Management

Marley Miller came to the University of Montana as a pre-med student, but quickly discovered a different path through the College of Business to pursue his passion for music and entertainment. Miller switched his major to business management and marketing and joined the UM Entertainment Management certificate program, which offered him real-world experience connecting with Read More…

Trump calls out Republican holdouts as House procedural vote on megabill remains open: ‘Costing you votes!’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump took to Truth Social early Thursday to call out Republicans who are still refusing to get behind a House procedural vote on the “Big Beautiful Bill.”  With the vote having stalled late Wednesday – with five Republican “nays” and another eight Republicans having yet Read More…

Trump urges House to vote on the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ amid standstill: ‘What are the Republicans waiting for?’

WASHINGTON — President Trump fumed on social media as a procedural vote on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act stalled on the floor of the House of Representatives.  “Largest Tax Cuts in History and a Booming Economy vs. Biggest Tax Increase in History, and a Failed Economy. What are the Republicans waiting for???” Trump wrote Read More…

Oklahoma pediatrician accused of killing 4-year-old daughter, staging death to look like drowning in Florida pool: cops

An Oklahoma pediatrician is accused of murdering her 4-year-old daughter in Florida and staging her death to appear as an accidental drowning. Neha Gupta, 36, was on vacation in El Portal in Miami with her daughter, Aria Talathi, when she called 911 at around 3:30 a.m. on June 27 about a drowning in the pool at their Read More…

Authorities reveal how young Disney cruise passenger, 5, fell off ship after hero dad rescued her in open sea, faced rumors

The 5-year-old girl who fell overboard from a Disney Cruise had slipped through the ship’s porthole and down into the ocean below, according to officials, dispelling rumors her father was at fault for the scary plummet. The young girl, sailing on the Disney Dream in international waters, was sitting on a railing on a fourth-floor Read More…

Navy vet killed in wild shootout that injured Texas cop, who quickly applies tourniquet to herself after being struck: bodycam

A Navy veteran and father of four was shot and killed during a bizarre broad-daylight shootout with Texas cops — in which he appeared to be goading the officers into firing at him in early June, newly released bodycam footage shows. Salvador Valdiviezo, 35, was killed while a female officer was injured on June 1 after Read More…

‘Hacktivist’ steals data of 2.5M Columbia University students, employees and applicants in politically motivated cyberattack

A seasoned “hacktivist” reportedly stole sensitive data from more than two million Columbia University students, applicants and employees in a targeted cyberattack officials believe was politically motivated. The sophisticated digital activist, who knocked the Ivy League’s systems offline for several hours on June 24, swiped social security numbers, citizenship status, university-issued ID numbers, application decisions, Read More…

Bush teams up with notorious Trump foes to trash ‘colossal mistake’ shuttering USAID

Former President George W. Bush joined up with former President Barack Obama and U2 singer Bono to comfort United States Agency for International Development employees Monday, while also taking shots at President Donald Trump and his administration for shuttering the agency plagued by accusations of fraud and abuse. “Gutting USAID is a travesty, and it’s Read More…

CBS anchor claims Paramount settlement with Trump poses ‘new obstacles’ for journalists at the network

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! CBS News anchor John Dickerson lamented parent company Paramount’s multi-million dollar settlement with President Donald Trump on Wednesday.  “Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS News, settled a suit with President Trump today,” Dickerson said on CBS Evening News Plus, a news program on their streaming service. Read More…

7-Eleven employee, 24, left brain-dead after manager ‘sat on top of her’ in violent ‘senseless’ attack dies

A California 7-Eleven employee was left brain-dead after her manager sat on top of her during a “senseless” on-the-job attack — and died Wednesday after she was taken off life support. Jessica McLaughlin, 24, was working at a Los Angeles 7-Eleven on June 24 when her unidentified female manager — who remains at large — “violently Read More…

Rep. Jayapal defends comment calling ICE ‘a terrorist force,’ says White House ‘owes an apology’ to Americans

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., defended a recent social media post calling ICE a “terrorist force” Wednesday. During an interview with Brianna Keilar on “CNN News Central,” the host spoke to Jayapal about her Tuesday Instagram post where she wrote that “ICE is acting like a terrorist force. People across the country of all legal statuses — including U.S. citizens — Read More…

Trump to meet at White House with Edan Alexander, American hostage freed from Gaza

Freed American-Israeli hostage Edna Alexander will meet with President Trump at the White House Thursday – exactly two weeks after the New Jersey native returned home from 19 grueling months in Hamas captivity. Trump and first lady Melania will host Alexander, believed to be the last living US citizen held hostage in Gaza, and his family at the Oval Read More…

Court approves settlement after North Carolina student suspended for ‘illegal aliens’ comment

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A high school student’s free speech battle against a North Carolina school board took an important step towards closure after a court hearing Tuesday. Christian McGhee, 17, was suspended last year after school officials deemed he made a “racially insensitive” comment about “illegal aliens” in class. The Read More…

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez share unexpected wedding singer link with Prince William and Kate Middleton

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Lauren Sánchez Bezos and Jeff Bezos’ lavish three-day wedding celebration shared a surprising connection to the royal nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton. On June 27, Ellie Goulding sang at the billionaire and the former entertainment reporter’s wedding reception on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore Read More…

NYC woman once accused of murder is struck, killed by subway train after jumping on tracks to relieve herself: video

A 24-year-old woman once accused of killing her roommate was fatally struck by a train after she jumped onto the tracks at a Manhattan subway station to relieve herself last month, according to law enforcement sources and disturbing new footage. The straphanger, identified by sources as Meanna Torigoe, walked down a ladder onto the train Read More…

Pentagon says Iran nuclear program set back ‘closer to 2 years’ after US strikes

US airstrikes on Iran set back the regime’s nuclear program between one to two years, but likely “closer to two,” the Pentagon’s top spokesperson said Wednesday.  “Our assessment of the battle damage around Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan remains unchanged,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell told reporters during a press briefing. “We believe, and certainly all of Read More…

Riley Gaines calls on NCAA to amend Lia Thomas’ records after UPenn submits to Trump on issue

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! After the University of Pennsylvania agreed to erase all program records set by former transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, questions arose about how the NCAA will address Thomas’ NCAA title.  Thomas won the 500-yard freestyle at the 2022 NCAA championships with a time of 4:33.24.  Thomas also finished Read More…

Trump turns to Supreme Court in fight to oust Biden-era consumer safety officials

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump’s Justice Department filed an emergency appeal with the Supreme Court on Wednesday, seeking to overturn lower court rulings that blocked the administration from firing three Biden-appointed regulators. The emergency appeal asks the High Court to allow the Trump administration to fire three members of Read More…