COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) State representative David Tyson smith announced he will file as a candidate in Missouri house district 46 instead of 45. Smith said in a news release he will be filing as a candidate for house district 46 to maximize the opportunity for other democratic candidates to file in the five newly redistricted areas. Smith was
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By Sara Murray and Devan Cole, CNN The Atlanta-area district attorney investigating Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia cast doubt Monday on the argument by the ex-President’s attorneys that he can’t be prosecuted for potential crimes committed during his time in office. “Of course, I’ve given thought to if —
Continue Reading By Jeremy Diamond and Kate Sullivan, CNN Eric Lander, a top science adviser to President Joe Biden, resigned Monday after a White House investigation that found he had violated workplace policies became public. “We have assembled the most amazing set of people at OSTP, and we have together set out the most ambitious goals that
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Vilsack took a tour of the greenhouse at the Dickinson Research Center on the Lincoln campus Monday. He was expected to speak at about 1 p.m.
Continue Reading By Jeff Zeleny and Gabby Orr, CNN The three words about the US Capitol attack that have sparked a firestorm inside the Republican Party — “legitimate political discourse” — were not included in early drafts of the resolution to censure Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, a person involved in the process tells CNN, but
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By Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona, CNN Republicans felt they were finally united in their quest to take back the House and Senate — with the political winds at their back and President Joe Biden reeling from an array of domestic and international problems. Then the Republican National Committee last week ripped open old January
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The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments from both sides in the case of St. Louis City, St. Louis County and Jackson County v. State of Missouri, where the counties are suing the state over the Second Amendment Preservation Act.
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Around 100 people gathered at the Missouri capitol building in a rally against a proposed congressional district map.
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, allowed a congressional map drawn by Alabama Republicans to remain in place Monday, freezing a lower court ruling that said the map likely violates the Voting Rights Act by diluting the political power of Black voters. The lower court had
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By Lauren del Valle, CNN A former Chicago bank executive was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison Monday for conspiring with one-time Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to exchange risky bank loans for a high-ranking position in the presidential administration. Stephen Calk, the former chairman and CEO of The Federal
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By Sara Murray and Devan Cole, CNN The Atlanta-area district attorney investigating Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia cast doubt Monday on the argument by the ex-President’s attorneys that he can’t be prosecuted for potential crimes committed during his time in office. “Of course, I’ve given thought to if —
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden and Germany’s leader sought to put on a united front Monday at the White House, but one key sticking point appeared to remain despite their pledges of unity: The future of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. At the White House and in an interview on CNN’s “The
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By Jeremy Herb, CNN German Chancellor Olaf Scholz insisted to CNN that the United States and Germany are on the same page when it comes to Russia and Ukraine, even as he refused to discuss the Nord Stream 2 pipeline between Russia and Germany. Scholz declined to address the pipeline in an exclusive interview Monday
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By Lauren del Valle, CNN A second defendant has signed a guilty plea agreement for his participation in the foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. Kaleb Franks signed the plea agreement to plead guilty to a kidnapping conspiracy charge about a month before the criminal trial is set to begin
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By Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, allowed a congressional map drawn by Alabama Republicans to remain in place Monday, freezing a lower court ruling that said the map likely violates the Voting Rights Act by diluting the political power of Black voters. The lower court had
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By Veronica Stracqualursi and Terence Burlij, CNN Republican candidate Vernon Jones announced Monday he was ending his bid for Georgia governor and would instead run for Congress in 2022. In announcing his decision, Jones threw his support behind former US Sen. David Perdue, whom former President Donald Trump has backed against incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp
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By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The Electoral Count Act proved to be a vital safeguard for democracy when former President Donald Trump sought to overturn the 2020 presidential election in his favor. Though the 19th-century law is vague, it makes clear that the vice president cannot overturn the result of a presidential election as Trump had
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The Electoral Count Act proved to be a vital safeguard for democracy when former President Donald Trump sought to overturn the 2020 presidential election in his favor. Though the 19th-century law is vague, it makes clear that the vice president cannot overturn the result of a presidential election as Trump had
Continue Reading By Gregory Krieg, CNN Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is seriously considering a political comeback as early as this year, two sources close to his inner circle told CNN, adding to a series of recent reports hinting at the Democrat’s desire to resurrect his career after resigning in disgrace last summer. Cuomo, 64, faced
Continue Reading Tierney Sneed, CNN The Virginia Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit filed last month by parents in Chesapeake, Virginia, who alleged that Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s mask executive order ran afoul of the state constitution. The court said that the challengers had failed to show that the dispute met the procedural threshold that would warrant the
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