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Senators Defend VP Nominee JD Vance Amid Backlash

Senators Rubio and Schmitt defend VP nominee JD Vance against backlash over past comments, highlighting political motivations and contentious political dis...

Missouri judges have overturned 2 murder convictions in recent weeks. Why did the AG fight freedom?

A man who was on the verge of walking out of prison this week after a judge found evidence of his “actual innocence” and overturned his murder conviction now faces a fresh legal hurdle

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2024

Vice President Harris Silent On President Biden's Fitness Concerns

Vice President Harris refrains from commenting on President Biden's fitness for office amidst calls for invoking the 25th Amendment. Speculation arises abo...

Senate Republicans Launch Effort To Curb Administrative State Power

Senate Republicans seek to limit federal agency power post-Supreme Court ruling. Efforts include introducing SOPRA and enhancing oversight.

Climate protesters vow to disrupt Congressional Baseball Game

At least one lawmaker said he wasn’t worried. “Why would an environmentalist not like a baseball game?” asked GOP coach Roger Williams.

Roll Call · Jun 10, 2024

Exclusive: Senators have "serious concern" with Pentagon's proposed Microsoft upgrade

The letter is just the latest example of how high tensions have risen between Washington and the tech giant.

Axios · May 30, 2024

Senate dispenses with Mayorkas impeachment without a trial - Roll Call

The Senate voted Wednesday to dispense with impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas without a trial.

Roll Call · Apr 17, 2024

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FIRE Highlights the Blatant Hypocrisy of State Officials Who Decry Government Meddling With Social Media

Even as they attack the Biden administration's crusade against "misinformation," Missouri and Louisiana defend legal restrictions on content moderation.

Reason · Mar 11, 2024

Republicans are split on whether to endorse Donald Trump

The Maga faithful Senators have backed him. Others, not so much

The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2024

Top US court halts order limiting officials’ contact with social media orgs

The injunction would have barred the administration of President Joe Biden from weighing in on social media content.

Al Jazeera · Sep 14, 2023

Here’s why this Kansas City Democrat thinks people should have sympathy for Donald Trump

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, a Kansas City Democrat, thinks in most cases any elected official or member of Congress who can’t have sympathy for someone in a situation like former President Donald Trump is pathetic.

Tribune News Service · Jul 19, 2023

Financial Services Committee to hold four ESG hearings this week

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

Ballotpedia · Jul 11, 2023

Citing harm to Missouri, Supreme Court kills Biden’s student loan forgiveness

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program, as a Missouri-created student loan agency helped six conservative-led states dash the hopes of millions of Americans hoping to be relieved of up to $20,000 of their debt.

Tribune News Service · Jun 30, 2023

Editorial: Latest Trump audio shows an unstable man-child who belongs nowhere near power

In addition to everything else it reveals, the newly released audio recording of former President Donald Trump showing off sensitive documents to a writer and others neatly encapsulates many of the problematic personality traits that have been on display in various ways since he first burst onto the political scene…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 30, 2023

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Salon · Jun 20, 2023

"Bombshell" internal docs in SCOTUS case

"Missouri lawsuit is just a partisan hack job aimed at getting the right-wing AG's name in the paper," expert says

Tribune News Service · Jun 15, 2023

Owning the libs: GOP routs Dems at Congressional Baseball Game

WASHINGTON — The annual Congressional Baseball Game provides a chance for the grown men and women who lead the nation to dress up and play make believe like they’re real-life major leaguers.

Roll Call · Jun 15, 2023

Owning the libs: GOP routs Dems at Congressional Baseball Game - Roll Call

The Republicans beat the Democrats 16-6 in the Congressional Baseball Game, an event raising money for local charities.

Space · May 18, 2023

Senate Republicans criticize NASA for its climate change and diversity efforts

Following recent diversity and climate change initiatives by NASA, two Senate republicans accused the space agency of straying from its core space exploration mission.

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Tribune News Service · Apr 13, 2023

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft elevated voting conspiracy theories. Now he’s running for governor

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — During his time in the office, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft has been willing to acknowledge and elevate those that have promoted conspiracy theories and false claims about elections.

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2023

US judge strikes down Missouri gun law as unconstitutional

A Missouri law banning local police from enforcing federal gun laws has been struck down as unconstitutional

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023

Missouri lawmakers back ban on Chinese ownership of land

Entities from China and four other countries could be banned from purchasing land in Missouri under a plan approved by the Missouri House

Tribune News Service · Feb 28, 2023

Missouri legalized recreational marijuana. Will its federal lawmakers represent weed shops?

WASHINGTON — If you sell marijuana in Missouri, even legally, there’s always the worry of getting robbed.

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023

Missouri activists seek more wrongful conviction hearings

As racial justice activists in Missouri celebrate the overturned conviction of Lamar Johnson, they’re questioning why other inmates with credible innocence claims aren’t getting the chance to make their cases in court

Tribune News Service · Feb 15, 2023

Biden nominee was praised for helping free Kevin Strickland. It’s now being used against her

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kate Brubacher’s work to free Kevin Strickland from prison, overturning the longest known wrongful conviction in Missouri history, won her praise in Kansas City. But that work may be slowing down her confirmation to become the U.S. attorney for the District of Kansas.

The Guardian - US · Feb 11, 2023

Koch brothers’ advocacy group courts far-right Republicans it vowed to thwart

Americans for Prosperity Action recently invited two politicians who tried vigorously to overturn the 2020 presidential election

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