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Trade, Taiwan top priorities for Trump, Xi as two leaders wrap first meeting

(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump’s first visit to China in nearly 10 years has been met with pomp and circumstance as Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping engage in an extensive meeting. The leaders of the world’s two superpowers engaged in many pleasantries as they held a

Missoula County mails ballots for June 2 primary election to 63,300 voters

Missoula County mails ballots for June 2 primary election to 63,300 voters

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Missoula County Elections Office said ballots have been mailed out to 63,300 active voters who are registered to vote absentee for the federal primary election on Tuesday, June 2. Voters who do not receive ballots by mail can vote in person at polling places on June

Drones enter Montana corner-crossing debate

Can a hunter in Montana legally access “corner-locked” public land if they use a ladder to avoid adjoining private property? Is corner-crossing trespassing if a hunter is on horseback? How does the legal calculation change if the hunter uses a helicopter to access public land surrounded by private

How Republican Llew Jones became Montana's most powerful legislator — and why GOP wants him gone

CONRAD — Nancy Ballance had been warned. When Ballance was first elected to represent Hamilton in the state Legislature in 2012, certain members of her GOP caucus told her to avoid working with another Republican, a veteran legislator from Conrad named Llew Jones. But Ballance eventually found Jones unavoidable. In the

Cooper gets $31.4M share of $111.2M spend

(The Center Square) – The bid of Roy Cooper to the U.S. Senate is getting a $31.4 million infusion for television advertising, the Senate Majority PAC told The Center Square on Wednesday morning. Cooper is bidding to become the first Democrat since 2008 in North Carolina to win a

Why Trump’s call to pull 5,000 US troops from Germany will hurt America

Why Trump’s call to pull 5,000 US troops from Germany will hurt America

President Donald Trump announced on May 1, 2026, that the United States will withdraw 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany – personnel who had been deployed there as a response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Germany-U.S. tensions started after the U.S. invasion of Iran. German Chancellor

US House passes Save Our Shrimpers Act

(The Center Square) — The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation aimed at stopping American taxpayer dollars from helping finance foreign shrimp operations that Gulf Coast lawmakers say have undercut domestic shrimpers for decades. The Save Our Shrimpers Act, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, would