Flathead Beacon opinion columnist John McCaslin is a longtime journalist and author. He lives in Bigfork. He was Montana’s ...

Republicans are going to court in Pennsylvania amid vote counting in the U.S. Senate election between Democratic Sen.

John Thune’s victory on a secret-ballot continued the long tradition, in both parties, of elevating small-state senators to ...

President-elect Donald Trump is considering recess appointments to skip over Senate confirmations for some of the most ...

Sen. John Thune has won an internal election among Republican senators to become the chamber’s next majority leader ...

Republican David McCormick is projected to defeat Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) in one of the nation’s preeminent battlegrounds, ...

Split-ticket voting played a prominent role in several battleground states during last week’s elections despite the practice ...

President-elect Trump's recent appointments could face intense scrutiny in the Senate, but there is a possibility nominees ...

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Robert F. Kennedy as Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Blaine County, Montana has voted in favor of the winning presidential candidate in every general election since 1992.

President-elect Donald Trump has picked Matt Gaetz for attorney general. Here's what we know about him. And, a look at the ...

Thune, of South Dakota, beat out Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida in a secret ballot election to replace Mitch McConnell.