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Jefferson City voters begin casting ballots to decide on sewer upgrades, council seats and board of education

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Voters in Jefferson City started casting their ballots early Tuesday morning as the municipal election got underway. Voting begins at the Calvary Baptist Church polling location in Jefferson City Tuesday morning. At the Calvary Baptist Church polling location, election officials told ABC 17 News that 12 people had already voted by

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Aerial view of an improvised camp of Ukrainians seeking for asylum in the United States

ICE lawyers told to dismiss low-priority cases in order to clear backlog ahead of surge

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorneys to consider dismissing deportation cases that are not arrest priorities under the agency’s rules, according to a recently released memo. The memo, dated Sunday, is the latest in a series of policy changes that have marked a departure from the Trump administration’s

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When former President Barack Obama walks into the White House on Tuesday

‘Like the good old days’: Obama returns to the White House for the first time as Democrats look ahead to midterm elections

By Kevin Liptak and Jeff Zeleny, CNN When former President Barack Obama walked into the White House on Tuesday, it was his first time in the building since he welcomed then-President-elect Donald Trump for coffee on the morning of Trump’s inauguration. That friendly greeting at the North Portico — including the awkward handoff of a

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Special counsel John Durham wants to bring up the infamous Trump-Russia dossier and might even call its author Christopher Steele as a witness at the upcoming criminal trial of Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann

Special counsel Durham wants to bring up Trump-Russia dossier at trial against Clinton campaign lawyer

By Marshall Cohen, CNN Special counsel John Durham wants to bring up the infamous Trump-Russia dossier and might even call its author Christopher Steele as a witness at the upcoming criminal trial of Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann, according to court papers filed on Monday. Two late-night filings from Sussmann and Durham provided the

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Justice Amy Coney Barrett reflected on her own confirmation process Monday night hours after the Senate Judiciary Committee had voted along party lines

Justice Barrett on balancing family and court duties, grappling with sudden fame and being ‘just Amy’

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Justice Amy Coney Barrett reflected on her own confirmation process Monday night hours after the Senate Judiciary Committee had voted along party lines, 11-11, on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. “It just happened very quickly,” Barrett told an audience in California, reminiscing about

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Jefferson City Council approves funding to take further action on 14 properties along historic East Capitol Avenue

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council unanimously approved funding to take further action on 14 properties along historic East Capitol Avenue. City staff declared the following buildings dangerous, with the recommended abatement for these nuisances being demolition: 109 Adams St.; 113 Adams St.; 401 E. Capitol Ave.; 407 E. Capitol Ave.; 409 E. Capitol Ave.; 410

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Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah said on April 4 that they will vote to confirm President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee

GOP Sens. Murkowski and Romney will vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah said Monday evening they will vote to confirm President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson. “My support rests on Judge Jackson’s qualifications, which no one questions; her demonstrated judicial independence; her demeanor and temperament; and the important perspective

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