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Amtrak Empire Builder resumes daily service across Montana

May. 25, 2021 02:10 PM EDT
KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — Amtrak's Empire Builder train has resumed daily service from Chicago to Seattle and Portland, including a dozen stops along Montana's...

FILE - In this April 15, 2021, file photo, President Joe Biden, accompanied by from left, Vice President Kamala Harris, Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, Mark Takano, D-Calif., Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., and Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., speaks during a meeting with members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Executive Committee at the White House in Washington. The outreach to Congress is nothing new for presidents, but Biden is a veteran of Capitol Hill who knows how to tap the desire of even the most partisan legislators to legislate. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Chocolate chip diplomacy: Biden courts Congress with gusto

By Lisa Mascaro Apr. 24, 2021 12:37 AM EDT

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough, left, speaks with retired Lt. Col. Ed Saunders at a listening session for veterans at Montana State University-Billings in Billings, Mont., Monday, April 5, 2021. McDonough was visiting Montana on his first official trip since his February confirmation. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
VA Secretary McDonough tours Montana with Sen. Tester

Apr. 05, 2021 08:14 PM EDT

A statue of President George Washington stands in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, Tuesday, March 2, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Senate Dems sorting final details of $1.9T virus relief bill

By Alan Fram Mar. 02, 2021 12:16 AM EST

Activists appeal for a $15 minimum wage near the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill being prepped in Congress includes a provision that over five years would hike the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Minimum wage hike all but dead in big COVID relief bill

By Alan Fram Mar. 01, 2021 10:45 AM EST

Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., celebrates with his family after his race was called by The Associated Press, early Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Bozeman, Mont. (AP Photo/Tommy Martino)
Republican rout caps decade-long Montana political shift

By Matthew Brown And Amy Beth Hanson Nov. 04, 2020 03:15 PM EST

An election worker helps a voter with his ballot on Nov. 3, 2020 at the MetraPark events center in Billings, Mont. Montana voters were picking candidates for president, Senate, House, governor and other races. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
News Guide: Republicans sweep key races in Montana

Nov. 03, 2020 12:14 AM EST

In this Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, photo, Sen. Ted Cruz, second left, R-Texas, campaigns for Sen. Steve Daines, third left, of Montana at the Billings Hotel in Billings, Mont. Others in attendance are Matt Rosendale, third right, Greg Gianforte, left, Troy Downing, second right, and Elsie Arntzen, right. (Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette via AP)
Trump noticeably absent from key US Senate race in Montana

By Matthew Brown Nov. 01, 2020 10:28 AM EST

Pence says Montana US Senate race key as election nears

By Matthew Brown Sep. 14, 2020 09:06 AM EDT
BELGRADE, Mont. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence promised new tax cuts and continued crackdowns on the violent protests occurring elsewhere in the U.S. as he...

FILE - In this July 31, 2020, file photo, letter carriers load mail trucks for deliveries at a U.S. Postal Service facility in McLean, Va. The success of the 2020 presidential election could come down to a most unlikely government agency: the U.S. Postal Service. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Post Office warns states across US about mail voting

By Brian Slodysko And Amy Beth Hanson Aug. 14, 2020 11:59 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 31, 2020, file photo, letter carriers load mail trucks for deliveries at a U.S. Postal Service facility in McLean, Va. The success of the 2020 presidential election could come down to a most unlikely government agency: the U.S. Postal Service. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Postal Service warns states across US about mail voting

By Brian Slodysko And Amy Beth Hanson Aug. 14, 2020 04:55 PM EDT

Senator Gary Peters, D-Mich., questions Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to examine Department of Homeland Security personnel deployments to recent protests on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, in Washington. (Toni Sandys/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)
Lawmakers: Postal changes delay mail-order medicine for vets

By Hope Yen Aug. 14, 2020 12:17 PM EDT

Cars travel along Main Street on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, in St. Albans, Vt. The small city is home to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Vermont Service Center, where furloughs are looming. USCIS has warned that if it doesn't receive more than a billion dollars in funding by Aug. 3 it will be forced to furlough about two-thirds of its workforce of nearly 19,000 people nationally. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
Vermont city hit hard by news of immigration furloughs

By Lisa Rathke Jul. 26, 2020 10:23 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 5, 2019 file photo, former state lawmaker Kathleen Williams announces her candidacy for Montana's U.S. House seat at a rally in Billings, Mont. Williams is making a second attempt at retaking a seat held by Republicans since 1997 and faces opponent Matt Rosendale. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
Montana's U.S. House race brings partisan divide to the fore

By Iris Samuels Jul. 20, 2020 12:40 PM EDT

Second lady Karen Pence speaks about the PREVENTS "President's Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End a National Tragedy of Suicide," task force, in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, June 17, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Trump plan to stem vet suicides focuses on public awareness

By Hope Yen Jun. 17, 2020 01:38 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 27, 2019, file photo Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie, left, speaks with Veterans Health Administration Executive in Charge, Dr. Richard Stone, second from left, before a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Department of Veterans Affairs is bracing for a potential surge of 1 million veterans infected by coronavirus and at the same time is preparing for the possibility it may have to absorb overflow civilian patients if private hospitals are overrun by the pandemic. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
VA says it lacks adequate medical gear for 2nd virus wave

By Hope Yen Jun. 09, 2020 06:54 PM EDT

President Donald Trump watches as Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie walks away after speaking about protecting seniors, in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
VA says it won’t stop use of unproven drug on vets for now

By Hope Yen May. 15, 2020 04:18 PM EDT

FILE - This May 2018 file photo ,shows an aerial view of the Holyoke Soldiers' Home in Holyoke, Mass. Nearly 70 residents have died from the coronavirus at the central Massachusetts home for aging veterans, as state and federal officials try to figure out what went wrong in the deadliest outbreak at a long-term care facility in the U.S. (Patrick Johnson/The Republican via AP, File)
Oversight of veterans homes to be probed after virus deaths

By Alanna Durkin Richer May. 14, 2020 06:03 PM EDT

FILE - This May 2018 file photo ,shows an aerial view of the Holyoke Soldiers' Home in Holyoke, Mass. Nearly 70 residents have died from the coronavirus at the central Massachusetts home for aging veterans, as state and federal officials try to figure out what went wrong in the deadliest outbreak at a long-term care facility in the U.S. (Patrick Johnson/The Republican via AP, File)
US senators seek probe of veterans homes after virus deaths

By Alanna Durkin Richer May. 05, 2020 10:43 AM EDT

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting about the coronavirus response with Gov. Phil Murphy, D-N.J., in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
AP FACT CHECK: Trump on Biden 'apology,' virus test myths

By Hope Yen And Calvin Woodward May. 04, 2020 01:20 AM EDT