Taking aim at “climate ideologies antithetical to the American way of life,” President Trump’s proposed 2026 federal budget would reduce spending on public lands, shift some national park facilities and forest management to states, and consolidate federal wildland firefighting into a new service inside the Dept. of the Interior.

The Interior Department would take an overall $3.8 billion reduction from its budget, and that includes a $1.2 billion cut to National Park Service operations.

More than 3 million adults in nine states would be at immediate risk of losing their health coverage should the GOP reduce the extra federal Medicaid funding that’s enabled states to widen eligibility

Conservative policy groups say the program costs too much and covers too many people. Democrats say the Medicaid expansion has saved lives and helped communities by widening coverage to people who could not afford private insurance.

Montana abortion providers will not be subject to new, stringent regulations adopted by the state health department. A judge blocked the rules while a lawsuit plays out.

District Court Judge Chris Abbott said the plaintiffs in the case, including All Families Healthcare in Kalispell, are likely to succeed in their constitutional challenge of the rules, which stem from a 2023 state law. Abbott emphasized the case isn't over, and the state will have more time to make it's case.