government shutdown

The government shutdown ended one week ago, and the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee met for the first time on Wednesday to begin hammering out a compromise that will hopefully provide border security and keep the government open.

On Friday afternoon in the White House Rose Garden, President Donald Trump faced a group of reporters for a hastily called address to inform then that a plan has been reached to reopen the federal government for three weeks.

Montana Congressman Greg Gianforte held another telephone town hall meeting on Wednesday evening, taking questions from callers on a variety of subjects.

Montana’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester chastised lawmakers on the Senate floor Thursday, demanding a resolution to what may be the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Meanwhile, Republican Sen. Steve Daines of Montana announced he’s proposing a bill that would not allow lawmakers to receive a paycheck while the government is shut down...

Yellowstone National Park officials announced the implementation of contingency plans for a government shutdown on Saturday, according to a press release from the National Park Service, in response to the federal budget continuing resolution and immigration impasse in Washington D...

Hundreds gathered in Missoula Saturday for the Women's March, which included a rally and several speakers promoting women's rights

As millions of Americans await the vote of the U.S. Senate as to whether the country will face a government shutdown, Montana Senator Steve Daines spoke with reporters late Friday afternoon from his office in Washington, D.C.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana State University Billings poll found that nearly 57 percent of Montanans oppose the Affordable Care Act, but 69 percent opposed shutting down the government as a way to defund it.

It may have taken more than two weeks, but the government finally looks set to reopen. At least until early 2014, that is.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic leader Harry Reid says Senate leaders have reached a bipartisan deal to avoid default and end the government shutdown, now in its 16th day.