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Many Republicans say proposed bipartisan DHS funding deal 'impossible'

(The Center Square) – Senate Republican leaders appear close to reaching a Department of Homeland Security funding deal with Democrats, but many rank-and-file Republicans view the proposed compromise as inadequate. With the DHS shutdown entering week six and travel chaos growing at some airports, a tentative off-ramp has

House Republican leaders back White House AI framework

(The Center Square) – House Republican leaders are pledging to enact the Trump administration’s newly released national legislative framework for AI regulation. The proposal outlines how Congress should address AI threats to child safety, intellectual property rights, and free speech, as well as AI-driven rises in electricity costs and

Trump talks tax cuts, manufacturing, jobs and oil prices in Ohio, Kentucky

(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump visited Ohio and Kentucky Wednesday afternoon on what the media has dubbed his ‘affordability tour,’ where he travels the country advocating for his economic policies ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The president’s first stop in Ohio was a manufacturing site for Thermo

Officials: California health programs lose billions of federal dollars

(The Center Square) – Billions of dollars have been cut from California’s public health programs because of federal budget cuts, state health officials told lawmakers on Tuesday afternoon. California state senators and Assembly members heard from officials about the impacts of federal budget cuts on health care programs, including Medi-

White House: More than 40% of early filers have claimed a tax cut on their taxes

(The Center Square) – Just under half of Americans expected to file taxes this season have done so, and more than 40% of those have claimed “at least one” of President Donald Trump’s new tax cuts, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. Sixty-three million Americans have filed

US retail sales decline as consumer pullback deepens

US retail sales decline as consumer pullback deepens

US retail sales declined by 0.2 percent in January, according to delayed government data released on Friday, missing some analysts' expectations amid persistent concerns that consumption in the world's biggest economy is slowing. Overall sales fell on a month-on-month basis to $733.5 billion,

Walter Schweitzer: Montana’s elected officials are failing citizens, and it’s time for change

Instead of investing in public institutions and infrastructure, creating fair tax codes, and supporting ag producers by incentivizing Montana food on local grocery store shelves and ensuring right to repair equipment, current lawmakers have sided again and again with big business and out-of-state corporations over their rural constituents’