Deadly tornadoes devastate southeast Missouri county; Parson speaks at area high school
Missouri’s governor plans to visit rural southeast Missouri on Wednesday, where tornadoes killed multiple people overnight.
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Taiwan’s president warns ‘democracy is under threat’ in joint remarks with McCarthy
By Clare Foran and Simone McCarthy, CNN Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen delivered a dire warning that “democracy is under threat” as she met with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday in California, a highly anticipated event that marked a show of democratic solidarity in defiance of threats from China. Tsai gathered with McCarthy and
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Hickman students walk out, call for less gun violence in schools
Students for Change, a student-run group that hopes to prevent gun violence in Columbia Public Schools is planning a school walk-out to protest gun violence Tuesday.
Continue Reading Robert F. Kennedy Jr. files paperwork to run for president as a Democrat
By Rashard Rose, Eric Bradner and David Wright, CNN Environmental lawyer and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to run for president in 2024 as a Democrat. The filing was confirmed Wednesday by his campaign treasurer, John E. Sullivan. Kennedy will officially announce his candidacy on April
Continue Reading Whitmer signs repeal of Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban
By Jack Forrest, CNN Michigan’s Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday signed a repeal of the state’s 1931 abortion ban, which the Democratically controlled state legislature had passed last month. “This is long overdue,” the Democratic governor, who campaigned on protecting abortion rights last fall, said in a statement on Twitter. The ban’s repeal came a
Continue Reading Next steps in the Donald Trump criminal case
By Jeremy Herb, CNN Tuesday’s arraignment of former President Donald Trump was a whirlwind of historic firsts as Trump was arrested and faced the first ever criminal charges against a former US president. Now the wait begins for the long slog of the judicial system to play out, with the next scheduled actions in court
Continue Reading Why New York’s hush money case against Donald Trump is viewed as risky
By Tierney Sneed The case that Manhattan prosecutors have brought against former President Donald Trump for allegedly falsifying business records to disguise hush money payments related to the 2016 campaign presents novel legal questions that make the prosecution risky — but not impossible — legal experts say. How Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has laid
Continue Reading Mike Pence won’t appeal ruling ordering him to testify in special counsel probe, spokesman says
By Sara Murray, Katelyn Polantz and Devan Cole, CNN Mike Pence will not appeal a federal court ruling ordering him to testify in a special counsel probe into efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to subvert the 2020 election, a spokesman for the former vice president said Wednesday, teeing up a historic moment in
Continue Reading Exclusive: National security officials tell special counsel Trump was repeatedly warned he did not have the authority to seize voting machines
By Zachary Cohen, CNN Former top national security officials have told prosecutors and testified to a federal grand jury that they repeatedly told former President Donald Trump and his allies that the government didn’t have the authority to seize voting machines after the 2020 election, CNN has learned. Ken Cuccinelli, the former second in command
Continue Reading Why the Taiwan meeting matters
By Kevin Liptak and Lauren Fox, CNN Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday will become the second US House speaker to meet with Taiwan’s president in person in the span of a year when he sits down with Tsai Ing-wen in southern California. His meeting could be considered less provocative than Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island
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Columbia polling place lockdown caused by man with knife in area
A Columbia polling location was shut down briefly Tuesday while police dealt with a man with a knife who had hurt another person nearby, according to police.
Continue Reading Exclusive: National security officials tell special counsel Trump was repeatedly warned he did not have the authority to seize voting machines
By Zachary Cohen, CNN Former top national security officials have told prosecutors and testified to a federal grand jury that they repeatedly told former President Donald Trump and his allies that the government didn’t have the authority to seize voting machines after the 2020 election, CNN has learned. Ken Cuccinelli, the former second in command
Continue Reading North Carolina Democrat switches parties giving Republicans veto-proof supermajority in state House
By Dianne Gallagher and Devon M. Sayers, CNN North Carolina Republicans gained a veto-proof supermajority in the state House after a Charlotte-area Democrat announced Wednesday she was switching parties. State Rep. Tricia Cotham, who won as a Democrat in her blue district last fall by nearly 20 points, said at a news conference in Raleigh
Continue Reading Biden administration proposes tougher rules to slash harmful mercury pollution from coal power plants
By Angela Fritz and Ella Nilsen, CNN The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed new, stricter rules for harmful pollutants, including mercury, from coal-fired power plants. The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to slash mercury pollution and harmful particulate matter from coal-fired power plant emissions, including from lignite coal plants, by up to 70%. If finalized,
Continue Reading Taiwan’s president warns ‘democracy is under threat’ in joint remarks with McCarthy
By Clare Foran and Simone McCarthy, CNN Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen delivered a dire warning that “democracy is under threat” as she met with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday in California, a highly anticipated event that marked a show of democratic solidarity in defiance of threats from China. Tsai gathered with McCarthy and
Continue Reading Taiwan’s president warns ‘democracy is under threat’ in joint remarks with McCarthy
By Clare Foran and Simone McCarthy, CNN Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen delivered a dire warning that “democracy is under threat” as she met with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday in California, a highly anticipated event that marked a show of democratic solidarity in defiance of threats from China. Tsai gathered with McCarthy and
Continue Reading Biden announces trip to United Kingdom and Ireland next week
By Nikki Carvajal, CNN President Joe Biden will travel to the United Kingdom and Ireland next week, the White House announced early Wednesday morning. The president will first travel to Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, before traveling to Ireland where “he will discuss our close
Continue Reading Liberal judge’s victory in Wisconsin Supreme Court race marks political shift in key swing state
By Gregory Krieg, CNN The victory of a liberal judge in Tuesday’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election marks a significant political realignment toward the left in a crucial swing state, potentially closing the door on an era of Republican dominance with issues such as abortion rights at stake. With liberals now poised to effectively control the
Continue Reading Liberal judge’s victory in Wisconsin Supreme Court race marks political shift in key swing state
By Gregory Krieg, CNN The victory of a liberal judge in Tuesday’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election marks a significant political realignment toward the left in a crucial swing state, potentially closing the door on an era of Republican dominance with issues such as abortion rights at stake. With liberals now poised to effectively control the
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Did your candidate or cause win on Tuesday?
Voters around Mid-Missouri cast ballots Tuesday in the annual municipal elections.
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