QUESTION OF THE DAY: Are Missouri Republicans too focused on gender issues?
Missouri Republicans spent much of the past week on issues involving gender identity.
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George Santos’ ex says congressman will never resign because ‘his ego is too big’
By Gregory Krieg, CNN The former boyfriend of New York Rep. George Santos says the Long Island Republican facing growing calls to resign for extensively lying about his past will never do so, even as he faces multiple investigations, including into his finances. “His ego is too big. He’s not gonna resign. If they don’t
Continue Reading Convicted ISIS supporter allegedly met with ‘American Taliban’ John Lindh in violation of release conditions
By Holmes Lybrand, CNN Ali Shukri Amin, a Virginia man who pleaded guilty in 2015 to providing support to ISIS, is accused of violating his release conditions after allegedly meeting multiple times with John Walker Lindh, the so-called “American Taliban” who served 17 years in prison for supplying services to the group. According to court
Continue Reading Judge allows Capitol Police officers’ civil lawsuit against Trump and January 6 rioters to proceed
By Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal judge has allowed another civil lawsuit against former President Donald Trump for the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol to proceed. US District Judge Amit Mehta on Thursday denied a request by Trump — and several far-right activists who were also sued for their connection to the
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Hawley pushes legislation to ban TikTok nationwide
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sen. Josh Hawley introduced a bill that would ban TikTok from all American devices. TikTok is already banned on federal government devices following a bill introduced by Hawley, but now he wants to take it a step further. Hawley (R-Missouri) said he doesn’t like any social media platform to harvest data, but his
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Lawmakers move forward with anti-transgender legislation following week of controversy
Missouri senators speculate that LGBTQ+ issues may take up a lot of the legislative session.
Continue Reading George Santos’ ex says congressman will never resign because ‘his ego is too big’
By Gregory Krieg, CNN The former boyfriend of New York Rep. George Santos says the Long Island Republican facing growing calls to resign for extensively lying about his past will never do so, even as he faces multiple investigations, including into his finances. “His ego is too big. He’s not gonna resign. If they don’t
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Columbia Citizens Police Review Board schedules first training session after several-month hiatus
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s Citizens Police Review Board has scheduled two training sessions for the first two weeks of February. The board was disbanded in August following a series of contentious meetings. The training sessions will be held at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1 and at the same time on Feb. 8. The meetings will
Continue Reading Elon Musk meets with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Hakeem Jeffries
By Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Kevin Liptak, CNN Twitter and Tesla CEO Elon Musk met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries at the US Capitol in Washington on Thursday evening. McCarthy, leaving the meeting with Musk in his office, declined to comment other than to say: “He came for my
Continue Reading Kavanaugh says he’s ‘optimistic’ about the Supreme Court and trashes US News law school rankings
By Ariane de Vogue and Devan Cole, CNN Justice Brett Kavanaugh said this week that he is “optimistic” about the court, his colleagues, and the country in the first-known public comments any justice has made off the bench since the release of an investigative report into the leak of a draft opinion reversing Roe v.
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Alford introduces first bill in House of Representatives
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KMIZ) Newly elected U.S. Rep. Mark Alford filed his first bill in the House of Representatives on Thursday, according to a press release. Alford is a Republican who was elected to represent Missouri’s 4th Congressional District, which includes Boone County. He won former Rep. Vicky Hartzler’s old seat this past fall over Democratic
Continue Reading Attorney General Merrick Garland faces a difficult choice: whether to appoint a Pence special counsel
By Evan Perez, Kevin Liptak and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The discovery of classified documents at former Vice President Mike Pence’s home immediately raised questions at the Justice Department about whether yet another special counsel investigation was in the offing. For now, the department’s course isn’t clear, people briefed on internal deliberations say. The Pence documents
Continue Reading Attorney General Merrick Garland faces a difficult choice: whether to appoint a Pence special counsel
By Evan Perez, Kevin Liptak and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The discovery of classified documents at former Vice President Mike Pence’s home immediately raised questions at the Justice Department about whether yet another special counsel investigation was in the offing. For now, the department’s course isn’t clear, people briefed on internal deliberations say. The Pence documents
Continue Reading US extends safe haven program for Hong Kong residents
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Biden administration will continue to grant safe haven to certain Hong Kong residents, extending a program to allow them to remain in the United States without fear of deportation for another two years. President Joe Biden on Thursday issued a memorandum “directing an extension and expansion of the deferral of
Continue Reading Maryland man who threatened to kill Sen. Ted Cruz pleads guilty
By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A Maryland man pleaded guilty Thursday to threatening to murder a member of Congress, the Department of Justice announced in a news release. Justin Kuchta, 39, sent a message in July threatening to kill a Texas member of Congress through an event invitation website, according to his plea agreement. Though the
Continue Reading California bar unveils disciplinary charges against Trump lawyer John Eastman
By Tierney Sneed The State Bar of California unveiled new disciplinary charges against John Eastman for his involvement in former President Donald Trump’s efforts to subvert the 2020 election results. The state bar’s trial counsel is bringing 11 counts against Eastman, accusing him of violating a variety of attorney ethics rules in multiple episodes, court
Continue Reading Elon Musk meets with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Hakeem Jeffries
By Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Kevin Liptak, CNN Twitter and Tesla CEO Elon Musk met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries at the US Capitol in Washington on Thursday evening. McCarthy, leaving the meeting with Musk in his office, declined to comment other than to say: “He came for my
Continue Reading US military operation kills senior ISIS leader in Somalia
By Haley Britzky and Sam Fossum, CNN A US military operation killed a senior ISIS leader and 10 members of the terror group in northern Somalia on Wednesday, two senior Biden administration officials said on Thursday. “From a mountainous cave complex in northern Somalia, Bilal al-Sudani is assessed to have supported ISIS’ expansion and activities
Continue Reading Biden called man who disarmed Monterey Park shooting suspect to thank him for act of bravery
By Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden called 26-year-old Brandon Tsay to thank the California man for disarming the Monterey Park shooting suspect over the weekend. Tsay can be seen in surveillance video wresting a firearm from the shooting suspect Huu Can Tran at a dance studio in Alhambra. Authorities say Tran had just opened
Continue Reading San Francisco moves to allow non-profits to operate supervised drug injection sites
By Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN San Francisco is in the process of allowing local non-profits to open so-called supervised injection sites in the city, a step that local Democratic leaders say would limit overdoses among drug users but a program that has been met with opposition by the state’s leadership. The areas, also known as overdose
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