Border
Within hours of appeal, Supreme Court stays appellate ruling on Texas border bill(The Center Square) – Within hours of a federal appeals court decision Monday allowing a new Texas law to stand that makes illegal entry into the state from a foreign… Read More
Josh Hawley
Senate to vote this week on radiation victims fund championed by a dogged Missouri Sen. Josh HawleyAs crickets blare from an apparently disinterested Department of Energy, Sen. Josh Hawley has secured a Senate vote this week to extend and expand a compensation fund for U.S. citizens… Read More
COVID-19
CDC drops 5-day isolation guidance for COVID-19(The Center Square) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that it no longer recommends people stay home from work or school for five days after testing… Read More
Border, Missouri
$2.3M request for supporting Missouri troops at border gets bipartisan support(The Center Square) – Legislative leaders from both parties are supporting Republican Gov. Mike Parson’s request for $2.3 million to send Missouri National Guard troops and State Highway Patrol troopers… Read More
Missouri State University
Candidate for Missouri State president told a ‘whopper’ about why he was let go at Northwest Missouri State, board member arguesDid a candidate for Missouri State University president flat-out lie about why his presidency at Northwest Missouri State ended?That was the clear indication of at least two Northwest Board of… Read More
President Donald Trump
Supreme Court agrees to hear Trump’s claims of presidential immunity(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to hear former President Donald Trump’s claims that he is protected from prosecution by presidential immunity for his official acts… Read More
President Donald Trump
Trump ordered to post $454M in New York fraud case(The Center Square) — Former President Donald Trump needs to fork over $454 million to comply with the verdict in his civil fraud trial, a New York appeals court judge… Read More
Inflation
Federal data says inflation continues to rise(The Center Square) – Inflation continues to rise in the U.S., according to newly released federal data. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released its Personal Consumption Expenditures marker Thursday, showed… Read More
Congress
House passes short-term funding measure to keep government open(The Center Square) – The U.S. House of Representatives passed a short-term funding measure Thursday to keep the federal government open, just one day before the government was scheduled to… Read More
Courts
Epstein grand jury documents could be released under new Florida law(The Center Square) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law that will publicly release grand jury documents, including those related to the businessman Jeffery Epstein. DeSantis signed… Read More
Josh Hawley
Hawley: End of ‘disastrous’ Mitch McConnell leadership era, switch to worker-friendly GOP, can’t come soon enoughHe doesn’t know why Sen. Mitch McConnell is stepping aside in November as Republican leader in the Senate, but Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley says he’s certainly happy to see… Read More
Health
KC doctor says study suggests new nasal spray ‘may be the next great thing’ for millions of migraine sufferersMillions of acute migraine sufferers around the world now have a new treatment option, which one Kansas City doctor says “may be the next great thing.” “Migraine is the third-most… Read More
Fentanyl
California seized enough fentanyl last year to kill entire world ‘nearly twice over’(The Center Square) – The California National Guard seized a record 62,224 pounds of fentanyl in California and the state’s ports of entry – enough of the potent synthetic opioid… Read More
Hunter Biden
‘Defiant and dishonest’: Hunter Biden defends father in impeachment testimony(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, defended his father during testimony before Congress on Wednesday. Hunter Biden told lawmakers during testimony behind closed doors that his… Read More
Congress
McConnell plans to step down as Senate Republican leader in November(The Center Square) – Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Wednesday that he will step down as Senate Republican leader in November, ending his record-setting tenure as the longest… Read More
2024 election
Majority of Americans, Texans support Trump border policies(The Center Square) – With President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump both visiting Texas on Thursday to advocate for their respective border and immigration policies, polls show that… Read More
Border
Laken Riley murder puts tragic young face on Biden’s open-border policies, says Missouri Sen. Eric SchmittThe brutal, appalling murder of University of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, allegedly by an illegal immigrant, has laid open the bloody consequences of President Joe Biden’s open-border policies. That’s… Read More
China, Missouri
Former Missouri governor collects $60K annually for part-time work with Chinese communist influence operationA former governor of Missouri, Robert Holden Jr., collected a $60,000 salary for part-time work with a nonprofit attempting to influence local governments in favor of the Chinese communist regime. Read More
Illegal Immigration
State attorneys general say more than 85,000 children lost at the border(The Center Square) – Twenty-two state attorneys general said Monday more than 85,000 migrant children could be lost based on a report from the Department of Health and Human Services. Read More
Economy
‘Cereal for dinner?’ Kellogg CEO suggests it for Americans ‘under pressure’(The Center Square) – With the share of personal income being spent on food at a 30-year high, one CEO has a suggestion to help American families put food on… Read More