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Spending bill would ease access to guns for some veterans declared mentally incapable

Mar. 08, 2024 16:06 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Veterans whom the government declares incapable of managing their own affairs would have easier access to firearms under spending legislation expected to be signed by President Joe Biden in the coming days — a reversal of current law that Republicans, and even some Democrats,...

Montana Rep. Rosendale drops US House reelection bid, citing rumors and death threat

Mar. 08, 2024 15:38 PM EST

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale of Montana abruptly dropped his reelection bid on Friday — the second time in the past month that the hardline conservative lawmaker has entered and then quickly dropped out of a congressional race. Rosendale cited...

Montana Republican Rep. Rosendale seeks reelection after dropping US Senate bid

Feb. 28, 2024 16:30 PM EST

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Republican Rep. Matt Rosendale announced Wednesday that he will seek reelection to his U.S. House seat representing eastern Montana, after he abandoned a short-lived Senate campaign under pressure from party leaders. Rosendale, a hardline conservative, bucked...

Republicans have a plan to take the Senate. A hard-right Montana lawmaker could crash the party

Feb. 10, 2024 14:14 PM EST

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Republicans gathered in a hotel ballroom this weekend aiming to unite ahead of the 2024 election and defeat three-term incumbent Democrat U.S. Sen. Jon Tester. Yet before the party even got underway it was crashed by conservative U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale, who jumped...

Republican bid to flip US Senate grows complicated as Montana primary gets competitive

Feb. 07, 2024 19:48 PM EST

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale plans to run for U.S. Senate, upending a race in which many national GOP officials already coalesced around a different candidate as they seek to unseat three-term Democrat U.S. Sen. Jon Tester. Rosendale’s...