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By DARRELL EHRLICK | Editor-in-Chief

"A CBP agent put me in his car and told me that he wanted me to run so that he could use his gun on me … I was terrified.” – Jonny Hernandez Antunez, a man detained by Customs and Border Patrol in Montana.

CBP agent ‘told me that he wanted me to run so that he could use his gun on me,’ imprisoned man says

CBP agent ‘told me that he wanted me to run so that he could use his gun on me,’ imprisoned man says

by Keila Szpaller

Irving Alonso Acosta wants to become a barber to support his family, but he was arrested in Sidney, kicked while in custody, and threatened with staying in jail if he talked to an attorney, according to a court filing. Acosta, held at the Cascade County Detention Center, is a possible class member in a lawsuit […]
Political complaints pointing to new AI law dropped

Political complaints pointing to new AI law dropped

by Jordan Hansen

Three Commissioner of Political Practices complaints filed against Accountability in State Government, a conservative political action committee, over mailers that used generative artificial intelligence will be dismissed, according to court records from an accompanying lawsuit in federal district court. Rep. Eric Albus, a Hi-Line Republican, former legislator Jennifer Carlson, running for a state House seat […]
U.S. Supreme Court lifts pause on Trump mail-ballot order

U.S. Supreme Court lifts pause on Trump mail-ballot order

by Ashley Murray

WASHINGTON — With just over two months until the November midterms, the U.S. Supreme Court gave way Monday for President Donald Trump to have a hand in regulating mail-in ballots nationwide, a voting method he has falsely claimed is rife with corruption since he lost the 2020 presidential election. In an unsigned emergency docket opinion, the […]
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