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Kurt Alme files for U.S. Senate, immediately endorsed by outgoing Sen. Daines, President Trump

With endorsements already stacked high, Republican and former U.S. Attorney for Montana Kurt Alme filed for the U.S. Senate in the 2026 election on Wednesday, the day filing closed. In move that surprised even some political insiders, presumed Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Steve Daines withdrew his candidacy

With just minutes before filing deadline closes, Daines shocks Montana by withdrawing

Just before the closure of candidate filing in Montana, incumbent U.S. Sen. Steve Daines withdrew from his re-election campaign for a third term. U.S. Attorney for Montana Kurt Alme filed for office at 4:52 p.m. and Daines endorsed Alme in a statement shortly after. Daines

With just minutes before filing deadline closes, Daines shocks Montana by withdrawing

Just before the closure of candidate filing in Montana, incumbent U.S. Sen. Steve Daines withdrew from his re-election campaign for a third term. U.S. Attorney for Montana Kurt Alme filed for office at 4:52 p.m. and Daines endorsed Alme in a statement shortly after. Daines

US Senate rejects bid to curb Trump's Iran war powers

US Senate rejects bid to curb Trump's Iran war powers

The US Senate on Wednesday rejected a resolution aimed at curbing President Donald Trump's authority to continue military strikes on Iran, in a narrow congressional show of support for a conflict launched without explicit approval from lawmakers. The bipartisan measure, introduced by Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican Rand

America’s divisions over Iran war center on Trump, Israel

America’s divisions over Iran war center on Trump, Israel

Americans are divided over the war in Iran with the Middle East conflict serving as a Rorschach test regarding views of President Donald Trump as well as the U.S. alliance with Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump launched the war Saturday with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali

What's in the bipartisan housing bill?

(The Center Square) – U.S. senators will vote this week on a massive bipartisan package that aims to expand housing supply and affordability for Americans. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is a compilation of the House’s and Senate’s respective housing bills, with some last-minute deletions

Lawmakers, health groups resist their states’ rural health fund plans

In the final days of 2025, governors around the country trumpeted the hundreds of millions of federal dollars they won from a new, $50 billion rural health fund. But plans to spend those nine-digit awards aren’t all warmly received. At least one group of Republican state lawmakers appears