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U.S. Attorney General was defiant, feisty and argumentative during her clash in the U.S. Senate.
10/07/2025

U.S. Attorney General was defiant, feisty and argumentative during her clash in the U.S. Senate.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi aimed heated rhetoric at Democratic senators on Capitol Hill Tuesday as she faced questions over the administration’s surge of federal agents to blue cities, as well as a litany of controversial issues surrounding the Department of Justice. In one fer...

Portland is in 'wait mode' as the courts decide whether federal troops can be sent to a city even without an insurrectio...
10/07/2025

Portland is in 'wait mode' as the courts decide whether federal troops can be sent to a city even without an insurrection or emergency.

The Trump administration on Sunday was blocked by a federal judge from activating National Guard troops from any state and D.C. to Portland.

Want to know more about the 'conversion therapy' case before the U.S. Supreme Court? Our Stateline crew has you covered.
10/07/2025

Want to know more about the 'conversion therapy' case before the U.S. Supreme Court? Our Stateline crew has you covered.

The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on Tuesday in a case that could reverse or solidify state laws across the country that ban conversion therapy, a controversial counseling practice for LGBTQ+ youth that has been discredited by much of the medical community.

Trump cites the Insurrection Act as he plans to move troops into Chicago.
10/07/2025

Trump cites the Insurrection Act as he plans to move troops into Chicago.

A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday in Illinois over Chicago’s lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to the state before deciding whether to block the move, the judge wrote in an order. In a one-paragraph order, U.S. District Judge April M. Per...

Trump says he'll take care of some federal employees, but not others as he mulls a plan not to pay furloughed government...
10/07/2025

Trump says he'll take care of some federal employees, but not others as he mulls a plan not to pay furloughed government workers.

This report has been updated. WASHINGTON — The Trump administration may try to interpret a law enacted during his first term in office differently than it did following the last government shutdown, potentially denying back pay to hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal workers. The change in ...

As a federal judge stops Trump administration's use of federal troops in Oregon and Illinois, White House says there's a...
10/07/2025

As a federal judge stops Trump administration's use of federal troops in Oregon and Illinois, White House says there's an insurrection he's dealing with.

WASHINGTON — The White House slammed a President Donald Trump-appointed federal judge Monday for blocking the deployment of National Guard troops to Oregon, as hostilities escalate between the administration and Democratic states where Trump has begun sending in troops over governors’ objections...

As the federal government shutdown hits one week, Trump sends mixed messages about whether he's willing to deal on healt...
10/07/2025

As the federal government shutdown hits one week, Trump sends mixed messages about whether he's willing to deal on healthcare.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump sent mixed messages Monday about whether he would negotiate a deal with Democrats to extend the enhanced tax credits for people who get their health insurance from the Affordable Care Act Marketplace, one of the main issues that led to the government shutdown. T...

Federal appeals court seems skeptical of Trump's claim they need to rapidly deport thousands as attorneys worry about du...
10/06/2025

Federal appeals court seems skeptical of Trump's claim they need to rapidly deport thousands as attorneys worry about due process.

https://dailymontanan.com/2025/10/06/repub/trump-administration-defends-nationwide-rapid-deportations-at-appeals-hearing

WASHINGTON — Judges on a federal appeals court panel seemed skeptical that the Trump administration’s expanded use of a fast-track deportation procedure didn’t violate the due-process rights of immigrants during oral arguments Monday. The hearing before judges Patricia A. Millett, Neomi Rao an...

Groups ask Montana Supreme Court to restore ballot language on Constitutional Initiative that they say Attorney General ...
10/06/2025

Groups ask Montana Supreme Court to restore ballot language on Constitutional Initiative that they say Attorney General Austin Knudsen has sabotaged.

Two groups claim that Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen is illegally meddling in Constitutional Initiative 131 as a way to sabotage the measure.

Cats win. Griz win. Both universities report enrollment growth.
10/06/2025

Cats win. Griz win. Both universities report enrollment growth.

MSU’s all-time record numbers cement status as region’s largest university, UM continues upward trajectory

Montana Sen. Steve Daines provides misinformation in his effort to villainize mifepristone, says columnist Jim Smith.
10/06/2025

Montana Sen. Steve Daines provides misinformation in his effort to villainize mifepristone, says columnist Jim Smith.

Montana Sen. Steve Daines isn't even trying to be objective or fact-based after attacking the drug, mifepristone.

The federal government says it wants to remove Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the African country of Eswantini.
10/06/2025

The federal government says it wants to remove Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the African country of Eswantini.

GREENBELT, Md. — A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to produce evidence within 48 hours on its efforts to again deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, this time to the southern African country of Eswatini. That evidence from the Trump administration is due by Wednesday to Maryland Di...

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