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With MEC short on members, ethics complaint against Drinkwitz dropped; Kehoe working to fill vacancies

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A complaint filed against University of Missouri head football coach Eli Drinkwitz has been thrown out due to a lack of commissioners on the Missouri Ethics Commission.  The complaint filed by Anthony Willroth, of Hold CoMo Accountable, stemmed from an Oct. 22 appearance on the weekly radio show “Tiger Talk” in which

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Judge indefinitely blocks Trump’s proclamation suspending new Harvard international students

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Monday indefinitely blocked a recent attempt by President Donald Trump to deprive Harvard University of its ability to bring thousands of international students to its campus. Judge Allison Burroughs of the US District Court in Massachusetts decided Trump’s recent presidential proclamation was a violation of

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Missouri politicians praise Middle East ceasefire, consider War Powers Resolution over Iran strikes

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A bipartisan group of U.S. representatives are drumming up support for a resolution curbing President Donald Trump’s military strikes in Iran. Reps. Ro Khanna (D-California) and Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) filed a resolution last week to end the United States’ strikes against Iran, “unless explicitly authorized by a declaration of war or specific

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US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks during an event at Georgetown Law on March 28.

Sotomayor accuses Supreme Court of ‘rewarding lawlessness’ by Trump administration in fiery dissent

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the Supreme Court’s senior liberal, slammed the Trump administration’s handling of immigration matters in a fiery dissent Monday and accused her colleagues of “rewarding lawlessness” by backing its latest emergency appeal. Sotomayor’s scathing, 19-page dissent came in a case in which the court’s majority backed the

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The Supreme Court on June 23 granted President Donald Trump’s emergency request to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their homeland. People take photos at the US Supreme Court at dusk on June 10 in Washington

Supreme Court allows Trump to remove migrants to South Sudan and other turmoil-filled countries

By Angélica Franganillo Díaz and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday granted President Donald Trump’s emergency request to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their homeland, including places like South Sudan, with minimal notice. The decision is a significant win for the Trump administration, which had argued that a lower

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The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seal hangs on a fence at the agency's headquarters in Washington

Iran could ‘target’ US officials if Tehran believes regime’s survival at risk, DHS says

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Iran could try to “target” US government officials if Iranian leaders believe “the stability or survivability” of their regime is at risk, according to a new Department of Homeland Security bulletin obtained by CNN. Other scenarios for potential Iranian targeting of US officials include if Tehran considers them to

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A protester holds a sign in support of gender-affirming care for transgender youth outside of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on June 18

Supreme Court prepares to release major opinions on birthright citizenship, LGBTQ books, porn sites and more

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — From digging into President Donald Trump’s battle with the courts to deciding whether people can be required to identify themselves before viewing porn online, the Supreme Court in the coming days will deliver its most dramatic decisions of the year. With most of its pending rulings complete, the justices

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