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House committee demands answers as Missouri childcare centers struggle to stay open amid state reimbursement backlog

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cheryl Howard, the executive director of the Nora Stewart Early Learning Center, is one of thousands of childcare providers across the state relying on state reimbursements to keep their daycare alive. However, due to a backlog in the state, Howard says the NSELC, which has been operating in Columbia for 91

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Fact-checking the ABC News presidential debate

CNN By CNN Staff (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump delivered more than 30 false claims during Tuesday’s presidential debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, CNN’s preliminary count found – as he did during his June debate against President Joe Biden. Trump again delivered a staggering quantity and variety of false claims, some of which

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Fact-checking the ABC News presidential debate

CNN By CNN Staff (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump delivered more than 30 false claims during Tuesday’s presidential debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, CNN’s preliminary count found – as he did during his June debate against President Joe Biden. Trump again delivered a staggering quantity and variety of false claims, some of which

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Fact-checking the ABC News presidential debate

CNN By CNN Staff (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump delivered more than 30 false claims during Tuesday’s presidential debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, CNN’s preliminary count found – as he did during his June debate against President Joe Biden. Trump again delivered a staggering quantity and variety of false claims, some of which

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Melania Trump ramps up her campaign presence by raising questions about the attack on her husband, 2020 election results

By Daniel Strauss and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former first lady Melania Trump has begun inching more back into the political spotlight on the final few months of the 2024 presidential campaign with a series of politically pointed social media videos. The former first lady has made a rare deliberate step back into the

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US Secret Service official who oversees protective operations to retire this week

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The US Secret Service official who oversees protective operations of elected officials, foreign dignitaries and high-profile events is retiring this week – marking the second high-ranking official to leave the agency as it grapples with the aftermath of Donald Trump’s near assassination in July. Michael Plati, an assistant director

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Johnson emphasizes agreement with Trump on plan to tie government funding to election security bill

By Haley Talbot, CNN Washington (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson emphasized his agreement with Donald Trump on government funding after the former president posted that if congressional Republicans “don’t get absolute assurances on Election Security,” they should vote against a continuing resolution to fund the government. “I think President Trump is saying exactly what

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