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Montana
The year since Election Day 2025
GovBrief tagged 12 stories to Montana since Election Day 2025. Here are 20 worth remembering, 10 of them from Montana.
36days until Election Day, Nov. 3In Montana
10 storiesJudge orders immigration officials to free 24 people held after warrantless Montana arrests, saying the government declined to abide by his ruling.
Arrest warrants written after the fact
Border Patrol "predictive" units mine Americans' financial records and have local police pull over drivers suspected of no specific crime, 404 Media reveals.
Cover story: obstructed license plate
The Trump administration cancels 53 of 67 federal teen pregnancy prevention grants worth $68 million, calling the evidence-based programs misaligned with its priorities.
FTC forces ad firms Dentsu, Publicis, and WPP to settle, barring brand-safety standards conservatives say hurt Breitbart and Musk's X.
Settlements include DEI in protected criteria
USDA kills 49 of 50 farm grants for underserved producers, costing Montana tribes nearly $15 million for land and training programs the agency labeled DEI.
USDA's own memo exempts tribal programs
Environmental groups sue after federal agencies shrink protected grizzly habitat in Montana from 2,500 acres to one acre, clearing the way for logging.
Court rejected same approach in December
Montana judge rejects third challenge to voter-approved abortion protection amendment, ruling full text need not appear on ballot.
Voters approved 58% to 42% in 2024
Trump approves Bridger Pipeline Expansion to carry 550,000 barrels of Canadian oil daily through Montana and Wyoming, dubbed "Keystone Light" after Biden killed original.
Bridger had 600,000 gallon spill in ND
Montana Sen. Daines withdraws from race two minutes before filing deadline to clear path for Trump-endorsed handpicked successor, blocking other Republicans.
Tester: "They did this to keep certain people out"
Montana Supreme Court dismisses 41-count ethics case against Attorney General Austin Knudsen, ruling that years of public litigation were sufficient sanction for his nearly year-long defiance of a court order.
Defied evidence order for more than a year
Across the country
6 storiesTrump family crypto venture World Liberty Financial applies for national banking charter, months after Trump pardoned Binance founder whose exchange bought $2 billion in its stablecoin.
Family stablecoin worth $3.4 billion
Commerce Department imposes export controls on Anthropic's two newest AI models, forcing the company to shut them off for all users days after launch.
Verbal evidence of narrow jailbreak
DOJ creates $1.776 billion fund to pay anyone "weaponized" by past administrations as Trump drops his $10 billion IRS suit.
Drawn from federal Judgment Fund
Trump nominates Project 2025 workforce-section coauthor Dennis Kirk as Interior's inspector general, the office fielding five congressional requests including the Reflecting Pool review.
Watchdog seat vacant 18 months
Trump took in nearly $1.2 billion from his crypto ventures last year, a federal ethics filing shows, locking in profits as ordinary investors lost most of what they paid.
Souvenir coins now $1.68, down from $74
British police arrest five men suspected of preparing a terrorist act near RAF Fairford, the base US bombers use to strike Iran, evacuating 85 homes.
Revolutionary Guard called it "legitimate target"
Fighting back
3 storiesFederal judge orders CBP to free a Montana father of three detained without warrant in a case of mistaken identity and driven across four towns in 30 hours.
Firm says 17 unlawfully held, seeks class status
CNN, Politico and MS NOW sue Trump over their White House ban, as NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox refuse to film Trump in CNN's place.
Judge who restored Acosta's pass presiding
Supreme Court refuses to let Postal Service enforce Trump's mail-ballot rule before November over two dissents, three weeks after clearing the executive order behind it.
Kavanaugh cites insufficient time to implement
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