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Democratic leaders at the Montana Capitol said this week the federal job cuts by the Trump administration are harming the state’s people and economy.

In Montana, The Trump administration's firings put 360 people out of a job and affected more than 400 people across the national forests of Region 1.

Sneed Collard writes, "Under the false flags of “government efficiency” and “reducing waste” the administration is aiming to sack hundreds of thousands of skilled workers who are not directly answerable to him."

Governor Gavin Newsom has walked a political tightrope, balancing hard rhetoric toward the president against the state's need for federal funding after the Palisades and Eaton fires.

Corey Ellis writes, "What is surprising is the Republicans of the Senate and House have not been able to find the spine to stand up against their new king and act as a check to the executive branch as our country’s framers intended."

Dave Stalling writes, "Trump is just a symptom of much deeper problems that aren’t going away soon. "

Donald Trump took the presidential oath of office for the second time Monday during an inauguration ceremony inside the U.S. Capitol rotunda.

Under Donald Trump’s proposed tariff and immigration policies, Idaho’s dairy industry — the state’s largest agricultural sector — could face higher costs and trade disruptions.

Gov. Greg Gianforte was among Republican governors who met with former and incoming President Donald Trump on Thursday evening at his West Palm Beach estate at Mar-a-Lago.

Under a scenario with a broad 10% tariff and a 60% China tariff, the effect on households, even if there is no tariff retaliation, would be an additional $2,421 per household in 2023 dollars according to the Budget Lab at Yale University, a nonpartisan research center.