By DARRELL EHRLICK | Editor-in-Chief
"I won’t miss the circus, but I’ll miss the clowns," – Rep. Dusty Johnson, South Dakota’s outgoing Republican U.S. House member on leaving Congress.
Debate between US Senate candidates tips scales for audience members
by Keila Szpaller
MISSOULA — Democrat Alani Bankhead repeatedly jabbed independent Seth Bodnar with her own questions in a political debate for U.S. Senate. Bodnar mostly responded with answers to the audience, but at one point, he mulled the tactic aloud, to chuckles from the crowd. “I guess we’re going to ask questions to each other,” Bodnar said. […]
Gov. announces Doug Harringon to lead MT Department of Public Health and Human Services
by Micah Drew
For the third time this year, a Montana agency director is leaving Gov. Greg Gianforte’s administration for the private sector. The Governor’s Office on Tuesday announced that Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services Director Charlie Brereton will step down on Oct. 30. Doug Harrington, the department’s state medical officer, will take over as […]
‘Drive them into hell’: Trump ponders destruction of Iran at United Nations
by Ashley Murray
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump faces a “big decision” to make a deal with Iran or “annihilate” the country, he told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. During a 37-minute speech to his international counterparts including Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in New York City, Trump asked, “Will a deal be made with Iran that […]
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