Montana Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy acknowledged during a debate Monday that mocking comments he made in 2023 about Native Americans were “insensitive” but he refused to apologize,

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy acknowledged Monday that derogatory remarks he made last year about Native Americans were “insensitive.” But Sheehy rejected his opponent’s call to apologize, during a contentious debate in a race that’s emerged as pivotal for control of the Senate.

Native Americans living on a remote Montana reservation have filed a lawsuit against state and county officials saying they don’t have enough places to vote in person