By Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Annie Grayer, CNN House Republicans are in active discussions to immediately hit the ground running if they take power on Tuesday and target what has become one of their top priorities: Investigating President Joe Biden’s son. On November 9 — the day after the midterm elections — Rep. James
Continue Reading By Dan Merica, CNN The woman who helped turn Mehmet Oz into a household name is backing the Republican’s opponent in Pennsylvania’s key Senate race. Television icon Oprah Winfrey announced on Thursday night that she prefers Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman over Oz in the midterm election contest. “If I lived in Pennsylvania, I would’ve
Continue Reading By Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Annie Grayer, CNN House Republicans are in active discussions to immediately hit the ground running if they take power on Tuesday and target what has become one of their top priorities: Investigating President Joe Biden’s son. On November 9 — the day after the midterm elections — Rep. James
Continue Reading By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Marijuana legalization is on the ballot in Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota on Tuesday, a reflection of the growing momentum nationwide to lift penalties once associated with the drug. If approved, the states would join the 19 (along with Washington, DC) where recreational use is currently legal. Thirty-seven
Continue Reading By Maeve Reston, CNN Nowhere in the country has the struggle between election denialists and democracy defenders played out in more vivid detail than in Arizona, where Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly’s ability to hold off late momentum from Trump-backed GOP nominee Blake Masters will be key to Democrats’ hopes of defending their narrow Senate majority.
Continue Reading By Kate Bennett, CNN First daughter Ashley Biden has been a regular presence in President Joe Biden’s White House — she quit her job before the 2020 campaign partly to be near the man she calls her “best friend” — but until this fall, she stayed carefully behind the scenes. Now the normally private social
Continue Reading By Natasha Bertrand, CNN Iran is seeking Russia’s help to bolster its nuclear program, US intelligence officials believe, as Tehran looks for a backup plan should a lasting nuclear deal with world powers fail to materialize. The intelligence suggests that Iran has been asking Russia for help acquiring additional nuclear materials and with nuclear fuel
Continue Reading By Phil Mattingly and MJ Lee, CNN As White House officials prepared for the last jobs report before the midterm elections set to be released Friday morning, the last thing they wanted to see is a blowout hiring number. It’s the political paradox that loomed over the last major piece of economic data before Election
Continue Reading By Phil Mattingly and MJ Lee, CNN As White House officials prepare for the last jobs report before the midterm elections set to be released Friday morning, the last thing they want to see is a blowout hiring number. It’s the political paradox that looms over the last major piece of economic data before Election
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In less than a week, Missouri residents will have the chance to vote on Amendment 3. A “yes” vote will amend the Missouri Constitution to remove state prohibitions on the purchase, possession, consumption, use, delivery, manufacture and sale of marijuana for personal use for adults 21 years old and older. The amendment would also
Continue Reading By Dan Merica, CNN The woman who helped turn Mehmet Oz into a household name is backing the Republican’s opponent in Pennsylvania’s key Senate race. Television icon Oprah Winfrey announced on Thursday night that she prefers Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman over Oz in the midterm election contest. “If I lived in Pennsylvania, I would’ve
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Every 20 years, the same question appears on the Missouri ballots: “Shall there be a convention to revise and amend the constitution?”
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City is considering changes to the Jefferson City Transit Division’s rates across the board, according to a press release. The city’s public transit advisory committee and it’s public works and planning committee have proposed these changes to the City Council. Source: Jefferson City Press release Public meetings will be
Continue Reading By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice A federal judge in Minnesota has rejected Mike Lindell’s challenge to the FBI search and seizure of his phone in a 2020 election-related criminal probe. Judge Eric Tostrud said Lindell, CEO of My Pillow and a prominent backer of former President Donald Trump‘s false voter fraud claims,
Continue Reading By Evan Perez, Katelyn Polantz and Jeremy Herb, CNN As Donald Trump inches closer to launching another presidential run after the midterm election, Justice Department officials have discussed whether a Trump candidacy would create the need for a special counsel to oversee two sprawling federal investigations related to the former president, sources familiar with the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After several shots fired incidents were reported the past few weeks, Columbia police and residents are concerned about the gun violence in the community. Residents have told ABC 17 News they are tired of all the gun violence, and a police official said after a Wednesday shooting in broad daylight people should
Continue Reading By Evan Perez, Katelyn Polantz and Jeremy Herb, CNN As Donald Trump inches closer to launching another presidential run after the midterm election, Justice Department officials have discussed whether a Trump candidacy would create the need for a special counsel to oversee two sprawling federal investigations related to the former president, sources familiar with the
Continue Reading By Bob Ortega, Isabelle Chapman and Curt Devine, CNN Early voters dropping off ballots in Berks County, Pennsylvania, are confronted by a sight surprising for elections in the United States: A pair of uniformed sheriff’s deputies armed with guns and tasers guarding the ballot box. Directed by local election officials to question voters before letting
Continue Reading By Clare Foran, CNN The House Rules Committee intends to hold a hearing in mid-November on the push for Congress to seat a Cherokee Nation delegate, a Democratic staffer familiar with the planning process confirmed to CNN. The plans for a hearing come as the Cherokee Nation has renewed its campaign for representation in Congress,
Continue Reading By Jamie Gangel, Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Whitney Wild, CNN The House January 6 committee’s focus on US Secret Service witnesses is intensifying, as the panel has conducted two additional interviews over the last two days, including one with the onetime head of former Vice President Mike Pence’s security detail, multiple sources told CNN.
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