Crime, Missouri
Clerk pleads guilty to stealing $487,673 from Missouri town of 800 people(The Center Square) – A former clerk of a small city in suburban St. Louis pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on Monday to stealing $487,673 from the… Read More
Opinion
Failed federal prosecution of pro-life advocate Mark Houck a frightening tale of persecution worthy of a totalitarian stateI’ve read about countries like this. I never thought I’d live in one. In his book When Faith Is Forbidden: 40 Days on the Frontlines with Persecuted… Read More
Second Amendment
Lawmaker says state police should ‘hold off’ enforcing Illinois’ gun ban while challenges play out(The Center Square) – With few details made public about enforcement efforts taken by the Illinois State Police over Illinois’ gun ban, some are saying the law enforcement agency… Read More
Biden administration, Courts
25 states sue Biden administration over federal ESG policy(The Center Square) – Twenty-five attorneys general and several other plaintiffs have sued the Biden administration asking the court to halt a federal ESG policy that could negatively impact… Read More
Illegal Immigration
20 states sue Biden administration over ‘illegal visa system’(The Center Square) – Twenty states led by Texas sued the Biden administration Tuesday over another immigration policy they argue is illegal. A new U.S. Department of Homeland… Read More
Courts, Missouri
Missouri AG Bailey prioritizing Biden social media collusion lawsuit, defending Second Amendment law(The Center Square) – A lawsuit against President Joe Biden’s administration for alleged collusion with social media companies and defending Missouri’s Second Amendment Preservation Act are priorities for Republican… Read More
Biden administration, Courts
Florida AG: ‘Bombshell new evidence’ in lawsuit over Biden deportation policies(The Center Square) – Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody said her office received “bombshell new evidence” that the Biden administration “wrongfully withheld” from her office until just days before… Read More
Biden administration, Courts
Republicans hope SCOTUS will help alleviate border crisis(The Center Square) – Republicans are now looking to the U.S. Supreme Court to help alleviate the crisis at the southern border. The high court intervened Monday to temporarily… Read More
Biden administration
Plaintiff attorneys: Near final blow dealt to Air Force by Sixth Circuit over vaccine mandateJudges unanimously uphold class wide injunction protecting U.S. Air Force personnel (The Center Square) – All three judges on a U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals panel unanimously upheld… Read More
Courts
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Colorado case pitting speech rights v. minority groups’ rights(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments starting next week in what could be a landmark case centered on a Colorado small business… Read More
Biden administration
Liberty Counsel: DOD vaccine mandate repeating history of failed anthrax vaccine mandate(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Defense is repeating its failed policy of mandating a vaccine that a federal court later found to be unlawful, the nonprofit… Read More
Big Tech
Forty states win $391.5M privacy suit against Google over location data sold to advertisers(The Center Square) — Forty states won a combined $391.5 million settlement with Google over location tracking practices.The group of attorneys general filed the complaint after the… Read More
Biden administration
Court cites harm to Missouri in stopping Biden’s student loan forgiveness(The Center Square) – A federal appeals court on Monday granted a nationwide temporary injunction stopping the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program. The Eighth Circuit Court of… Read More
Crime
Stomping death of senior citizen occurred inside main entrance of Wyandotte County Courthouse, released criminal affidavit saysThe savage stomping death of a senior citizen at the Wyandotte County, Kansas courthouse Oct. 5 occurred inside the busy main security checkpoint itself. The criminal affidavit… Read More
Local News
Foiled $1 million extortion plot against Kansas City homeowner brings federal conviction, up to 20 years in prisonA federal jury has convicted a man of attempting to extort $1 million from a Kansas City homeowner through threats of vandalism and arson to the home. Leon… Read More
Crime
Former Kansas woman handed 20 years in federal prison – with her children’s blessings – for leading an all-female ISIS terror unitA former rural Kansas woman was sentenced Tuesday to the maximum 20 years in federal prison – at the urging of her own children – for having led… Read More
Courts
Fired New York City workers prevail in vaccine mandate litigation(The Center Square) – For the second time in a month, a court has dealt a blow to New York City’s COVID-19 vaccine requirements for workers. On Tuesday,… Read More
Courts
California court affirms religious right of baker’s refusal to create custom cake for same-sex weddingFor the second time, one California court has supported the legality of a Christian woman’s refusal to create a custom cake for a same-sex wedding. In 2017, Cathy… Read More
Immigration
5th Circuit hands Texas another win on immigration, ruling DACA is unconstitutional(The Center Square) – The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Texas federal judge’s ruling that the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is unconstitutional. Read More
Education
Christian ed group joins suit against Biden admin’s Title IX expansion some say threatens fairness in girls’ sportsOne of the nation’s largest Christian education associations will be allowed to intervene in a lawsuit challenging the Biden Administration’s attempt to expand Title IX protections. Last week,… Read More