Barack Obama

Stars rejoiced in the new U.S. president.

President Barack Obama is urging the nation to keep veterans in their thoughts long after Veterans Day and ensure that they receive the care and benefits they've earned.

The most controversial word in the English language always raises eyebrows when someone says it, so imagine the reaction when the most powerful man in the world utters it.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Helena native Dava Newman will become the deputy administrator of NASA.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Five months after she was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as attorney general, Loretta Lynch will finally get a confirmation vote in the Senate.

At 9 p.m. EST on Tuesday night, President Obama will deliver the State of the Union address from the floor of the House of Representatives in Washington. It will be his sixth such message, the first before a Republican-controlled Congress, following the GOP's victories in the 2014 midterms.

Republican Senator Mitch McConnell, in line to be the next majority leader, says voters expect newly empowered Republicans and the Democratic White House to find common ground for fast action.

The University of Montana School of Law will host former Secretary of Defense and CIA Director Leon E. Panetta at noon Thursday in the George and Jane Dennison Theater.

A major company is taking a significant stand against smoking and the move is being applauded by the president.

A federal judicial panel investigating former U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull over a racist email involving President Barack Obama found the judge sent hundreds of other inappropriate messages.