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By JONATHAN DREW Associated Press FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who walked away from his post in Afghanistan and triggered a search that left some of his comrades severely wounded, was spared a prison sentence by a military judge today in what President Donald Trump blasted as a "complete and total disgrace." The politically divisive case centered on a decision by one soldier that affected many other lives. Bergdahl was captured by the Taliban and held for five years, until President Barack Obama traded Taliban...
By BARRY HATTON and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - A white van jumped up onto a sidewalk and sped down a pedestrian zone today in Barcelona's historic Las Ramblas district, swerving from side to side as it plowed into tourists and residents. Police said 13 people were killed and more than 50 wounded in the terror attack. The attack left people sprawled out on the ground in the city in northeastern Spain, some spattered with blood, others with broken...
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON - The tenure of Reince Priebus as White House chief of staff has ended after six months. President Donald Trump announced via Twitter on Friday that he's replacing the former Republican Party chairman with the secretary of homeland security, John Kelly. Priebus says he offered his resignation after Trump indicated he wanted to go in a different direction. Kelly is a retired Marine Corps general and could bring...
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump threatened once more Saturday to end required payments to insurance companies unless lawmakers repeal and replace the Obama-era health care law. In apparent frustration over Friday's failure by the Senate Republican majority to pass a bill repealing parts of the Affordable Care Act, Trump tweeted: "If a new HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for...
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON - With Vice President Mike Pence breaking a 50-50 tie, the Senate voted by a hair today to start debating Republican legislation to tear down much of the Obama health care law. The vote gives President Donald Trump and GOP leaders a crucial initial victory but launches a weeklong debate promising an uncertain final outcome. The 51-50 vote kept alive hopes of delivering on promises that countless Republican candidates have campaigned on...
Havre Daily News staff It didn't take long after the Republicans in the Senate released their proposal — crafted behind closed doors — to overhaul health care regulations for both of Montana’s U.S. senators to announce town hall meetings with Montanans about the proposal. Sen. Jon Tester set a town hall for Saturday and Sen. Steve Daines scheduled a teletownhall for Wednesday. “13 Senators have secretly drafted a bill that threatens health care for thousands of Montanans and risks wiping out Montana's rural hospitals while g...
By ALAN FRAM and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans released their long-awaited bill today to dismantle much of Barack Obama's health care law, proposing to cut Medicaid and erase tax boosts that helped Obama finance his expansion of coverage. The measure encountered immediate trouble as four GOP senators said they opposed it but were open to negotiations. The bill would provide less-generous tax credits to help people buy insurance and let states get waivers to ignore some coverage s...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conagra is recalling more than 700,000 pounds of spaghetti and meatball products because they were misbranded and contain milk, an allergen that wasn’t listed on the label. There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to eating the products. Among the items in the recall are: • 14.75-oz. cans with “Libby’s spaghetti and meatballs made with pork, chicken and beef in tomato sauce” on the label with package code 2100701200 and Use By Date 01/02/19. • 14.75-oz. cans with “Del Pino’s spaghett...
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press ALPINE, Utah — As Chairman of the House Governmental Oversight Committee, Rep. Jason Chaffetz was a determined investigator of the Obama administration and of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while she was Secretary of State. But once Donald Trump took office, he became somewhat more muted. That looked like it was changing this week when reports emerged that former FBI director James Comey had taken notes after Trump privately asked him to end a probe...
LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — BNSF Railway has appealed an environmental review of a coal-export terminal in Washington state, arguing it miscalculated or overstated the risk of cancer for some residents. Millennium Bulk Terminal-Longview has long wanted to build a facility along the Columbia River near the city of Longview to handle up to 44 million tons of coal a year. Trains would carry the coal from Montana, Wyoming and other states, which would be loaded onto ships headed to Asia. The environmental study by the state D...
Havre Daily News staff The Interior Department said in a press release today it is starting the first-ever public comment period to look at whether to rescind executive orders presidents made to create national monuments, with the list of monuments under review including Montana’s Upper Missouri River Breaks. “A public comment period is not required for monument designations under the Antiquities Act; however, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and President Trump both strongly believe that local input is a critical compone...
By ALAN FRAM and RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press WASHINGTON — Republicans are claiming a triumph by pushing their legislative centerpiece scuttling much of President Barack Obama’s health care law through the House. It was a perilous journey, and its Senate pathway will be at least as bumpy with little doubt the measure will change, assuming it survives. Thursday’s 217-213 House passage — with 20 GOP defections — was preceded by several near-death experiences for the legislation, even though repealing Obama’s statute hel...
By ALAN FRAM and ERICA WERNER Associated Press WASHINGTON - Relieved Republicans muscled their health care bill through the House Thursday, taking their biggest step toward dismantling the Obama health care overhaul since Donald Trump took office. They won passage only after overcoming their own divisions that nearly sank the measure six weeks ago. Beaten but unbowed, Democrats insisted Republicans will pay at election time for repealing major provisions of the law. They sang...
By ERICA WERNER and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON - Congress took the easy way out to keep the government open on the eve of Donald Trump's 100th day in office, passing a weeklong stopgap spending bill Friday that amounted to more of a defeat for the president than a victory. Lawmakers cleared the measure easily and Trump signed it with just hours to spare before the shutdown deadline at midnight. But with Trump marking his presidency's milestone Saturday, he did not...
By ERICA WERNER AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON - Republicans invoked the "nuclear option" in the Senate today, unilaterally rewriting the chamber's rules to allow President Donald Trump's nominee to ascend to the Supreme Court. Furious Democrats objected until the end, but their efforts to block Judge Neil Gorsuch failed as expected. Lawmakers of both parties bemoaned the long-term implications for the Senate, the court and the country. "We will sadly point to...
By ERICA WERNER and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON - In a humiliating setback, President Donald Trump and GOP leaders pulled their "Obamacare" repeal bill off the House floor today after it became clear the measure would fail badly. It was a stunning defeat for the new president after he had demanded House Republicans vote on the legislation today, threatening to leave "Obamacare" in place and move on to other issues if the vote failed. The bill was withdrawn minutes...
From Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Q: Are Medicare Part B premiums increasing in 2017? A: Yes, but for most beneficiaries, not by very much. If your Part B premium is withheld from Social Security benefits, by law it can only increase by the same amount as the benefits increase in 2017. That’s typically going to be about $4 per month. Since 70 percent of Medicare beneficiaries are in this situation, they will only go up to about $109 per month compared to $104.90 for the past four years for those on Medicare befo...
JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON - Donald Trump claimed his place today as America's 45th president, an astonishing victory for the celebrity businessman and political novice who capitalized on voters' economic anxieties, took advantage of racial tensions and overcame a string of sexual assault allegations on his way to the White House. Trump's triumph over Hillary Clinton, not declared until well after midnight, will end eight years of Democratic dominance o...
2:45 a.m. With the unofficial results all counted in Hill County, an 18-year-old candidate pulled off an upset. Democrat Jacob Bachmeier, who filed as a candidate in House District 28 last winter before graduating from Havre High School in the spring, defeated first-term incumbent Rep. Stephanie Hess, R-Havre, 2,206-1,918. In the Hill County Commission race, Republican Hill County Superintendent of Schools Diane McLean won with 2,455 votes, narrowly defeating Democrat Jim Bedwell, who took 2,159 votes. Independent Ted...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Get ready for the annual fall ritual of turning back your clocks by one hour, and relish that extra hour of sleep this weekend. Daylight saving time is ending and it’s back to standard time for most people in the United States. The change comes at 2 a.m. local time Sunday, and the shift moves one hour of daylight to the morning from the evening. Residents of Hawaii, most of Arizona and some U.S. territories don’t need to fiddle with their clocks because those places don’t observe daylight saving time. E...
LISA LERER JILL COLVIN Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. — The FBI will investigate whether there is classified information in newly discovered emails related to its probe of Hillary Clinton's private server, reinjecting one of the most toxic political issues into the presidential campaign less than two weeks before Election Day. Donald Trump immediately pounced on the turn of events, seeing an opportunity to press the argument he's long tried to make against Clinton: That she thinks she's above the law and that she put U...
BERLIN (AP) - Scientists at the European Space Agency downplayed the likely loss of its Mars lander, saying Thursday that a wealth of data sent back by the experimental probe would help them prepare for a future mission to the red planet. The Schiaparelli lander was designed mainly to test technology for a European robotic mission to Mars in 2020 and avoid the fate of Europe's Beagle 2 probe, which failed to deploy after landing in 2003. Data received from Schiaparelli show...
From Internal Revenue Service PHOENIX — The Internal Revenue Service and its Security Summit partners issued an alert Thursday to taxpayers and tax professionals to be on guard against fake emails purporting to contain an IRS tax bill related to the Affordable Care Act. The IRS has received numerous reports around the country of scammers sending a fraudulent version of CP2000 notices for tax year 2015. Generally, the scam involves an email that includes the fake CP2000 as an attachment. The issue has been reported to the T...
WASHINGTON — Facing bipartisan outrage from a Senate panel over accusations of employee misconduct, Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf appeared taken aback by the intensity of the verbal lashing. At a few points, he seemed flustered and stumbled a bit over his words. He bristled at assertions that the alleged opening of millions of customer accounts without their permission was a "scam." Peppered with criticism for nearly three hours at a hearing Tuesday, the CEO of the nation's second-largest bank faced calls for his resignation f...
NEW YORK — The Boy Scouts of America may soon give sponsors of troops the authority to decide whether to accept gays as scouts and leaders — a potentially dramatic retreat from an exclusionary nationwide policy that has provoked relentless protests. Under the change now being discussed, the different religious and civic groups that sponsor Scout units would be able to decide for themselves how to address the issue — either maintaining an exclusion of gays, as is now required of all units, or opening up their membe...
