President Donald Trump
Colorado SOS files brief with U.S. Supreme Court in Trump case(The Center Square) – Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case involving former President Donald Trump’s removal from the 2024… Read More
Federal government
Ex-CIA agent gets 40 years in prison for largest data breach in agency history(The Center Square) – A former CIA agent convicted of the largest data breach in agency history along with child pornography is set to spend 40 years in prison. Joshua… Read More
Illinois
As others send units to southern border, Illinois sends National Guard to Mideast(The Center Square) – With the recent deployment of 300 Illinois National Guard troops to the Middle East, some are asking why they weren’t sent south to help secure the… Read More
Gender, Kansas
Kansas 4-H declines to answer questions about controversial transgender housing policyKansas State University Research and Extension is refusing to say whether a controversial transgender housing policy remains in effect.As the Sentinel reported in late 2022, the housing policy at Rock Springs 4-H… Read More
Kansas City
No boiling seas here: Newest Clay County election director reports bipartisan camaraderie, confidence in local election integrityFire and brimstone coming down from the skies. Rivers and seas boiling. Forty years of darkness, earthquakes, volcanoes. The dead rising from the grave. Human sacrifice. Dogs and cats living… Read More
Illegal Immigration
New York officials outraged over beating of NYPD officers by migrants(The Center Square) — New York Republicans are calling for the deportation of a group of undocumented migrants who were released without bail after a brutal beating of two NYPD… Read More
President Biden
Biden vague about East Palestine visit one year after train derailment(The Center Square) — As the one-year anniversary approaches of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, President Joe Biden says he will soon visit the area to meet with… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Another Texas county declares invasion, bringing total to 52(The Center Square) – A 52nd Texas county, Guadalupe County, has declared an invasion at the southern border. The county joins 51 others that declared an invasion, have expressed support… Read More
Crime
Report: Predators target children through online games(The Center Square) – Roughly a half-million predators comb through the internet in search of children to victimize, according to a survey conducted by Geonode, a geospatial data platform. Predators… Read More
Congress
Tax bill heads to Senate, faces uncertain future(The Center Square) – The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan tax bill with a vote of 357-70 late Wednesday, but that bill now faces an uncertain future in… Read More
Labor
Union power slips as percentage of union jobs declines(The Center Square) – The percentage of hourly and salaried workers in a union decreased in 2023, continuing a trend of ongoing decline in the past few decades. The decline… Read More
Free Speech
Here’s how Missouri universities rate on free speech, expression(The Center Square) – Several of Missouri’s public and private universities have vague regulations or restrictive policies on free speech and expression, according to a group that advocates for individual… Read More
Josh Hawley
Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley drags apology out of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for company’s harm to teens, would like to drag him into courtMissouri Sen. Josh Hawley took Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to a Capitol-sized woodshed Wednesday for the harm his social media sites reportedly cause to teenagers, challenging the Facebook founder in… Read More
Crime
Stalkers have never had more ways to shadow you. Here’s what the experts caution you to doSPRINGFIELD, Mo. – January may be on the way out, but the haunting crime of stalking certainly isn’t. January was National Stalking Awareness Month, and according to the Stalking,… Read More
Drugs
eBay to pay $59 million to resolve allegations over pill press sales(The Center Square) – eBay Inc. agreed Wednesday to pay $59 million and make changes to its compliance program as part of a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice… Read More
Free Speech
Report: College free speech codes mostly ‘yellow lights’(The Center Square) – Although public colleges and universities operate under First Amendment guidelines and many private schools pledge to uphold the principles of free speech, a new report says… Read More
Border
Northern border continues to outpace southwest border on terrorist-connected apprehensions(The Center Square) – In fiscal 2023, there were 736 known or suspected terrorists (KSTs) apprehended at the northern and southwest borders, The Center Square first reported. They represent the… Read More
Biden administration
After hours of debate, House Committee advances Mayorkas impeachment articles(The Center Square) – The U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security voted along party lines early Wednesday to advance two articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro… Read More
Free Speech
Court: Social media blocking by St. Louis official violated constitutional rights(The Center Square) – Former St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed, now serving a prison sentence for an unrelated fraud charge, violated a constituent’s constitutional rights when he… Read More
Biden administration
A ‘captive’ Biden is ‘allergic to border security’ even amid humanitarian, national security crises, says Missouri Sen. Eric SchmittThe Biden administration is “captive” to the far-left and is therefore “allergic” to border security – a fact that is endangering Americans, says Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt. Schmitt, in an… Read More