Missouri Lt. Gov. Kehoe announces 2024 gubernatorial run
Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe has officially announced his candidacy to be the next governor of Missouri Tuesday afternoon.
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Greitens’ ex-wife says she has photos, documents to support abuse allegations
By Eric Bradner and Sara Murray, CNN The ex-wife of Missouri Republican Senate candidate Eric Greitens says in a new court filing that she has photographs of injuries to their child in 2019 and other documentation of Greitens’ alleged abuse. In a document filed in Boone County Circuit Court on March 31, Sheena Greitens says
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Lack of commissioners leaves Missouri Ethics Commission unable to decide cases
A panel tasked with hearing and deciding on state campaign and lobbyists’ issues does not have enough people to decide on cases before it.
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Push for $10 billion in Covid aid hits a snag in the Senate over immigration dispute
By Clare Foran, Ali Zaslav and Ted Barrett, CNN Senate Republicans blocked an effort on Tuesday to take up a $10 billion Covid relief deal over demands for votes on amendments — including one to target the Biden administration’s Title 42 immigration decision — a sign that more aid to deal with the pandemic could
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Biden’s immigration move divides Democrats as GOP plots election-year strategy
By Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN Republicans had already been agitating over the Biden administration’s policies at the border — and then in came Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Early Tuesday morning in the Capitol, Mayorkas walked into the lion’s den, taking a meeting with House GOP members of the “border security
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Complete local election results
Your source for results in contested Mid-Missouri races.
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Florida ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law inspires proposed legislation in Ohio
By Lauren del Valle, CNN Two Republican state lawmakers in Ohio have introduced a bill that in many ways mirrors Florida’s controversial law that critics have dubbed “Don’t Say Gay” legislation. House Bill 616 would ban the teaching or providing of “any curriculum or instructional materials on sexual orientation or gender identity” to students in
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January 6 committee obtains emails that former Trump attorney John Eastman sought to keep secret
By Katelyn Polantz and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol has obtained a cache of emails that right-wing lawyer John Eastman had sought to keep secret. The 101 emails — exchanged between January 4 and January 7, 2021 — were released to the committee
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Republican candidate in New Hampshire voted in two states’ primaries in 2016
By Dan Merica, CNN Matt Mowers, the former Trump administration aide who is running for Congress in New Hampshire, voted twice during the 2016 primary, according to voting records obtained by CNN, opening the Republican candidate up to criticism from his opponents and charges of hypocrisy from Democrats. Mowers, then a top aide in New
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Oklahoma legislature passes near-total ban on abortion
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The Oklahoma legislature on Tuesday gave final approval to a bill that would make performing an abortion illegal in the state, making exceptions only in the case of medical emergencies. The bill, Senate Bill 612, would make performing an abortion or attempting to perform the procedure a felony punishable by a
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Capitol Police say animal control has captured a fox after 6 people bitten or nipped
By Annie Grayer, Ryan Nobles and Sarah Fortinsky, CNN The US Capitol Police tweeted pictures of a captured fox Tuesday after warning earlier in the day of an “aggressive fox” roaming the grounds of the Capitol in an email to Hill staffers and a congressman saying the animal bit through his pant leg. “#BREAKING: Captured,”
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US to announce new sanction package on Russia on Wednesday
By Phil Mattingly, Kaitlan Collins, Sam Fossum and Sean Lyngaas, CNN The US will announce new sanctions on Russia Wednesday in coordination with Group of 7 nations and the European Union, according to an administration official. The official said the sweeping package “will impose significant costs on Russia and send it further down the road
Continue Reading Matt Gaetz and defense secretary argue over US military capability and ‘wokeism’
By Jeremy Herb and Ellie Kaufman, CNN Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Rep. Matt Gaetz got into a heated argument during Tuesday’s House Armed Services hearing after the Florida Republican accused the Pentagon of being too focused on “wokeism” and not defense. Austin charged that Gaetz appeared to be “embarrassed for his country” by questioning
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January 6 trial of former Virginia police officer underway with opening statements
By Holmes Lybrand The third January 6-related trial began in earnest Tuesday in Washington, DC, with opening statements in the case of Thomas Robertson, an ex-police officer in Virginia who faces six charges for his alleged actions during the attack including violent entry into the US Capitol, obstruction of an official proceeding and tampering with
Continue Reading Biden turns his focus from Ukraine war to kitchen table issues at home as midterms loom
By Kevin Liptak and Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden and his aides are actively working to refocus on the litany of domestic issues threatening Democrats’ prospects in the midterm elections following weeks of the President’s days being consumed by the war in Ukraine. Since Biden returned from a last-minute diplomatic outing to Europe last
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Biden administration taking new steps to prevent, detect and treat long Covid
By Betsy Klein, CNN US Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra unveiled a new push by the Biden administration Tuesday to accelerate its efforts to prevent, detect and treat long Covid. Long Covid is associated with a host of lingering symptoms from Covid-19 involving multiple body systems. Estimates of the frequency of long-term symptoms
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Biden administration extends pause on federal student loan repayments through August
By Phil Mattingly and Katie Lobosco, CNN The Biden administration is extending a pause on federal student loan repayments through August 31. The repayment freeze, which has been in place since the beginning of the pandemic, had been scheduled to expire on May 1. In a statement Wednesday, President Joe Biden acknowledged that the economy
Continue Reading US readies for long-term European security ramp-up after Russia’s invasion
By Jeremy Herb, Ellie Kaufman and Barbara Starr, CNN The top US military general this week endorsed creating permanent US bases in Eastern Europe as a response to Russia’s attack on Ukraine, saying that American bases on NATO’s eastern flank would act as a deterrent to Moscow. The comments from Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
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Top US general: Potential for ‘significant international conflict’ is increasing
By Jeremy Herb and Ellie Kaufman, CNN The top US military officer told lawmakers Tuesday that the world is becoming more unstable and the “potential for significant international conflict is increasing, not decreasing.” Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin appeared before the House Armed Services Committee in their
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Matt Gaetz and defense secretary argue over US military capability and ‘wokeism’
By Jeremy Herb and Ellie Kaufman, CNN Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Rep. Matt Gaetz got into a heated argument during Tuesday’s House Armed Services hearing after the Florida Republican accused the Pentagon of being too focused on “wokeism” and not defense. Austin charged that Gaetz appeared to be “embarrassed for his country” by questioning
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