The abortion issue has taken center stage this week in Montana in the midst of a closely watched U.S. Senate race. On Wednesday, the state’s supreme court invalidated as unconstitutional a law restricting abortion access for minors to those who obtained parental consent. “No politician should be in the business of making health care decisions...
“To preserve our independence,” Thomas Jefferson once said, “we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.” Or, as Benjamin Franklin said, in his everyman style, “those who go a-borrowing, go a-sorrowing.” The warning from our founders has fallen by the wayside. Reckless spending by career politicians in Washington has left our nation...
A 3-year-old girl was attacked by a black bear while inside of her tent at a campground near Yellowstone National Park, officials in Montana say. The incident late Sunday in Red Lodge forced the evacuation of the private campground, according to Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP). “A bear attacked a child while in a...
Former President Trump’s campaign slammed Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., as “radically out of touch” after the vulnerable Democrat rolled out several new ads focused on abortion, claiming his opponent would allow abortion to be banned without exceptions. “Kamala Harrisand Democrats like Jon Tester are radically out of touch with the majority of Americans in their...
Former President Trump’s plane was diverted to Billings, Montana, on Friday due to a mechanical issue, a Billings airport official said. The Republican presidential nominee is scheduled to hold a rally in nearby Bozeman, Montana, Friday evening, and is still expected to make it, Fox News has learned. Bozeman is roughly 120 miles west of...
Nearly three decades after a teenage Montana girl was found dead near a fishing access point, a married father of two identified as her suspected killer took his own life, hours after being interviewed by investigators, authorities said Thursday. Advanced DNA testing and forensic genetic genealogy led authorities to identify 55-year-old Paul Hutchinson as the...
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., is skipping the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this month when the party will rally around Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee, opting to stay in Montana ahead of a tight race to keep his Senate seat. A spokesperson for the longtime Montana Democrat told Fox News Digital...
Two vulnerable Senate Democrats won’t yet commit to campaigning with presumptive Democrat nominee Vice President Harris as they face re-election in states won by former President Trump last cycle. Harris became the likely 2024 nominee after President Biden dropped out of the race in late July. While most of the Democrat Party is rallying behind...
A 72-year-old man picking huckleberries in Montana shot and killed a grizzly bear after it attacked in a surprise encounter and injured him badly enough that he had to be hospitalized, authorities said Friday. The man was alone on national forest land when the adult female charged him Thursday. He suffered significant injuries before killing...
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., called on President Biden to exit the presidential race on Thursday night with the blessing of Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., making him the second Senate Democrat to do so. “Montanans have put their trust in me to do what is right, and it is a responsibility I take seriously. I...
