The Missouri Capitol Building in Jefferson City on May 12 (Jason Hancock/Missouri Independent). A Missouri bill awaiting action from Gov. Mike Kehoe would give judges broader power to quickly dismiss lawsuits designed to chill speech, replacing what supporters have long described as among the weakest anti-SLAPP laws in the country. The legislation, sponsored by Republican…
President Donald Trump looks on during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on May 27, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee/Getty Images). WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund has attracted scrutiny for its corruption potential, even splitting congressional Republicans who rarely confront President Donald Trump’s decisions and policies. Among the…
State Sen. Lincoln Hough, a Republican from Springfield, speaks on the Senate’s budget proposal on April 22 (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). The 2026 legislative session saw one Republican consistently advocate for the traditions of the Senate, often in opposition to his party. State Sen. Lincoln Hough, a Republican from Springfield, is term-limited. What he experienced in…
Plumes of smoke rise following an explosion on March 5, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. Democrats in the U.S. Senate on May 27, 2026, asked that the Congressional Budget Office provide the “true costs” of the Iran war. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — A group of U.S. Senate Democrats has sent a letter to…
WASHINGTON — Following a dismissal of criminal charges the Trump administration lodged against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the wrongly deported Maryland resident Thursday pressed a federal judge to prevent his removal to any country that is not Costa Rica, which has agreed to accept him as a refugee. The filing in the federal District Court for…
The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday heard a case questioning whether Gov. Mike Kehoe had the authority to call lawmakers into session last year for congressional redistricting and changes to initiative petition majority requirements (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent). The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a governor’s power to call lawmakers into a special session at…
Connor Champion, president of Austin Christian University in Texas, addresses students at the school. Some of the nation’s biggest megachurches are getting into the college business, prioritizing hands-on job training and church culture over a more traditional liberal arts focus. (Courtesy of Austin Christian University) In the heart of the Bible Belt, a small Methodist…
In this 2023 photo, a Honduran migrant is overcome with emotion as he describes the extortion and threats that he says drove him and his partner to flee Honduras with their child. Fraudulent asylum claims are rare, but the Trump administration has issued a new directive targeting lawyers who file false claims. (Photo by Corrie…
Vice President JD Vance, center, arrives at a roundtable anti-fraud meeting with Republican attorneys general in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus on May 26, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — A handful of Democratic state attorneys general said Tuesday that expert officials from their offices…
A campaign called Stop the Ban is focused on defeating a proposed amendment that would again ban nearly all abortions in Missouri. It will appear on the November 2026 ballot as Amendment 3 (photo submitted). The campaign opposing a November ballot measure that would reinstate Missouri’s abortion ban formally launched Wednesday, arguing Republican lawmakers are…
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