President Donald J. Trump has directed the Department of Justice to investigate the nation’s largest meat packing companies for potential collusion, price fixing, and manipulation, with a focus on foreign-owned or heavily foreign-influenced firms. The probe targets the “Big Four” meat packers — JBS (Brazil), Cargill, Tyson Foods, and National Beef — which together control Read More…
Western Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke announced his co-sponsorship of the “H.R. 5818 Country of Origin Labeling Enforcement Act of 2025” (COOL Enforcement Act), legislation introduced by Congresswoman Liz Cheney’s colleague, Congresswoman Hageman of Wyoming. The bill seeks to strengthen labeling requirements for U.S. beef by clarifying that products marketed as “Product of the USA” must Read More…
(The Center Square) – States rely on federal dollars more than they have in modern history, according to a new report, with one of the report’s authors saying such dependency makes states easy victims to the whims of federal bureaucrats and turmoil. Co-author of the State Policy Network’s report as well as senior policy adviser Read More…
The federal government shutdown entered its sixth week this weekend, stretching into the longest in U.S. history and revealing the mounting toll of Washington’s political stalemate. With more than 1,000 flight cancellations nationwide for the second straight day and critical federal services strained, the crisis is now hitting ordinary Americans far harder than the politicians Read More…
MISSOULA – After President Trump’s address to the nation, we bring the Iran conflict home to Montana and hear from the Treasure State’s leaders in the house and senate. After Wake Up Montana spoke with Senator Steve Daines, Senator Jon Tester, and Congressman Greg Gianforte, the responses were mixed, however all three agreed the world Read More…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview published Monday that Democrats nationwide can cultivate “too big of a tent,” asserting that she and her party’s 2020 frontrunner, former Vice President Joe Biden, would be in different political parties in any other nation. Asked for a profile by New York Magazine about what role she might play as Read More…
A new survey found that people are mistaking 2020 Democratic presidential contender Tom Steyer for some of his competitors, despite hefty ad buys by the candidate. The New York Times released Friday the results of a quiz asking readers to identify different celebrities and political figures. The survey found that only 8% of people could properly identify Gov. Steve Read More…
U.S. Sen. Steve Daines was a cosponsor to a resolution introduced Monday that allows the Senate to dismiss articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump after 25 days for lack of prosecution. The proposal, introduced by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, is a move to force House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to play her hand. When the trial Read More…
BOZEMAN — Alice Buckley is a few days away from two important dates. January 9 is the candidate filing open for Statewide, State District and Legislative candidates running in Montana. It’s also a couple days after her 27th birthday. “I have the interest and the commitment in having equal representation in the legislature and believe Read More…
There’s a three-way race underway for a seat on the Montana Supreme Court. Each of the candidates are relying on self funding to get their 2020 campaigns off the ground. Justice Laurie McKinnon, who lives in Helena, is running for reelection after announcing last year she would not seek a second eight-year term on the Read More…
The South Dakota legislature begins their 2020 session on January 14 in Pierre. State Farm Bureau Lobbyist Mike Held says the primary challenge facing lawmakers will be how to divide up the state budget to fund needed programs. He says Farm Bureau members are watching to see if legislators increase agricultural fees to raise revenue Read More…
BISMARCK —A New Jersey-based company that sells caller ID spoofing services is suing over North Dakota’s new anti-spoofing law, arguing it’s preempted by federal law and unconstitutional. SpoofCard LLC and CEO Amanda Pietrocola are asking a federal judge to stop the state from enforcing the law that took effect in August and to award them unspecified Read More…
Pete Buttigieg raised $24.7 million in the final three months of the year, his campaign said Wednesday. That brings the former South Bend, Ind., mayor’s total last year to about $76 million, making him one of the best fundraisers in the Democratic presidential field. Other candidates had not yet announced their fundraising hauls for the Read More…
MISSOULA, Mont. — Between taxes, marijuana and a presidential election, 2020 will be a busy year for voters. There are 10 issues proposed already, but not all of them have enough signatures yet. That means it’s still up in the air whether the following initiatives will make it to the ballot. The Marijuana Regulation Act One Read More…
LOS ANGELES — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was campaigning for Bernie Sanders at a jampacked beach-side rally last week when she took a moment to look beyond 2020. “I know, and we all know, that this isn’t just about Bernie Sanders,” she said. “This is about a movement that has been decades in the making.” Since endorsing Read More…
After declaring he would refuse to comply with a subpoena in President Trump’s impeachment trial, Joe Biden backtracked and said he would testify if hauled before Senate lawmakers. The former vice president on Saturday sought to clarify the comments he made on Friday when he told the Des Moine Register’s editorial board that the grounds to call Read More…
The Lake County Commissioners are doubling down on their opposition to a proposed bill that would ratify the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes water compact. Montana’s two U.S. senators, Jon Tester and Steve Daines, are co-sponsoring a bill, the Montana Water Rights Protection Act, that would ratify the water compact at the federal level. It would Read More…
Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe penned a Sunday column in support of House Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiFive health care fights to watch in 2020 Congressional leaders, 2020 hopefuls condemn anti-Semitic attack in New York Figures to watch as White House mounts impeachment defense MORE’s refusal to submit House articles of impeachment to the Senate for Read More…
President TrumpDonald John TrumpUS launches airstrikes targeting Iran-backed militia in Iraq, Syria Trade, interest rates top finance fights for 2020 Five health care fights to watch in 2020 MORE and former President Obama have finished 2019 tied as the “most admired men” in the U.S., according to new polling from Gallup. Obama and Trump both received 18 percent Read More…
Former first lady Michelle ObamaMichelle LeVaughn Robinson ObamaObama unveils favorite books, shows of 2019 Obama shares photo of family Christmas tree with holiday wishes: ‘Merry Christmas!’ Michelle Obama shares family Christmas card MORE is the “most admired woman” in the U.S. for 2019, according to a new Gallup poll. Obama earned 10 percent of the Read More…
Outlets report that one of the armed church parishioners who took down the gunman that open fired on the congregation the West Freeway Church of Christ in Texas is a man named Jack Wilson. Wilson is a Hood County resident running for commissioner for Precinct 3. He took to his campaign’s Facebook page to briefly discuss Read More…
Soccer players Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris tied the knot in Miami over the weekend, nearly a decade after the two first met as teammates on the U.S. women’s national soccer team in 2010.According to …
Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg on Monday took aim at President Trump, saying she “wouldn’t have wasted” her time with trying to speak to the president about climate change when she attended the U.N. Climate…
The Vermont senator delivered his plea in Des Moines before lighting a menorah on the final night of Hanukkah.
OPINION: Republican double-standards are clear if we look back at President Clinton’s impeachment.
Chief Justice John Roberts has tried to prevent the Supreme Court from being seen as just another political body, but when he presides over President Trump’s likely impeachment trial in the Senate, the partisan glare will…
The next debate is scheduled for Jan. 14 in Des Moines, with three more to follow in February.
A Florida grandmother was struck by a stun gun three times by police after she refused to allow officers who had an arrest warrant for her grandson into her home, …
The U.S. launched five airstrikes targeting Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria, the Trump administration announced Sunday. The U.S. launched F-15 Strike Eagles against five targets associated…
The Democratic representative from Georgia vowed to fight the disease, which has a five-year survival rate of 1 percent.
Former President Obama took to Twitter to offer words of encouragement to civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) on Sunday shortly after he revealed that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.”If there’s…
Senate Democrats are bracing for President Trump to seize on the outcome of the upcoming impeachment trial as a source of momentum for his reelection bid.With 67 votes needed to convict and remove Trump from office…
Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) said on Sunday that he has been diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer and will undergo treatment soon.”I have been in some kind of fight – for freedom, equality, basic…
Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford (R) criticized President Trump in a recent interview over the rhetoric and language he uses in his tweets, saying that was “definitely not the way that I’m raising my kids.”During an ap…
A Miami pastor who’s hosting President Trump pledged safety for his undocumented followers, saying they do not have to be a citizen to attend.Pastor Guillermo Maldonado, who goes by “apostle,” said members of his c…
President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani was on a phone call with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro last September, amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela. Giuliani wa…
Former Vice President Joe Biden pushed back Sunday on Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) claim that Biden’s record in the Senate would make him an easy target for President Trump in a general election, …
Rudolph W. Giuliani participated in a September 2018 phone call with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro that was part of a shadow effort to ease him from power.
While most lawmakers steered clear of politics as they denounced the attack, some House Democrats singled out Trump, saying he has been insufficiently clear in rejecting anti-Semitism.
Speculation is increasing about the defense team being assembled by the White House as President Trump stares down an impeachment trial in the GOP-controlled Senate.While Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) decision…
Bernie Sanders staffers have protested the campaign’s use of Amazon for many of its purchases, given the candidate’s frequent criticism of the company.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) called on President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani to share information he has with the intelligence community to ensure “it’s not Russian propaganda.” Giuliani trav…
“This is a case that deserved clemency,” Robert C. O’Brien said of the Navy SEAL accused of war crimes for allegedly killing an Iraqi teenager and later posing with the corpse for a photograph.
In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” the first daughter and senior White House adviser said her decision will depend on what’s best for her children.