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Politics & Government

The Daily Inter Lake’s Politics & Government section delivers updated local and national political coverage, featuring legislative developments, elections, policy debates, and government actions shaping Montana.

Updated 2 days, 23 hours ago

Counting machines add vote of confidence to elections security

The conference room of the Flathead County Elections Department whirred with noise. Volunteers rattled off strings…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Bloomberg to give $18M to DNC; state parties to get offices

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Bloomberg is transferring $18 million from his presidential campaign to the Democratic National Committee in the largest single such tra…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Election limbo as coronavirus outbreak upends US primaries

ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. elections have been upended by the coronavirus pandemic. At least 13 states have postponed voting and more delays are possible as health of…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: Beijing screening overseas flights for virus

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 275,000 people and killed more than 11,300. The COVID-19 illness causes mild or moderate s…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Trump keeps talking during market hours; stocks keep tanking

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump speaks, financial markets gyrate and quiver in real time.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Trump's big promises on COVID-19 often fall short

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's become a fixture of life under quarantine. Almost daily, President Donald Trump appears on television, flanked by officials, to announce…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
N Korea test fires missiles; Seoul slams it as inappropriate

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Saturday fired two presumed short-range ballistic missiles into the sea, South Korea’s military said, as it continues …

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Hawaii reports first cases of virus spreading in community

HONOLULU (AP) — Two people who haven't traveled outside Hawaii and haven't had any contact with people who have traveled tested positive for the coronavirus, a…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
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19,916 of 20,346 precincts - 98 percent

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Tennessee reports 1st virus death, elderly man in Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A 73-year-old man in Nashville with underlying health conditions has become Tennessee's first fatality linked to the new coronavirus, a…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
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19,916 of 20,346 precincts - 98 percent

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
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19,916 of 20,346 precincts - 98 percent

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
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19,916 of 20,346 precincts - 98 percent

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Southwest Georgia hard-hit as virus cases and deaths rise

ATLANTA (AP) — Cases of the new coronavirus in Georgia jumped higher Friday as the state's death toll rose to 14 and at least two communities ordered residents…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Virus prompts US and Mexico to restrict border travel

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mexico and the U.S. announced Friday that they would prohibit all “non-essential” travel across their shared border as part of efforts to con…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
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800 of 800 precincts - 100 percent