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Schmitt closes Sunshine complaint against Missouri governor

Jun. 14, 2021 03:30 PM EDT
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri attorney general has closed an open-records complaint filed against Gov. Mike Parson, citing the Republican governor's office...

FILE - In this May 11, 2021, file photo, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Fauci has been a lightning rod since the early days of the pandemic, when he was lionized by the left as a beacon of truth and villainized by the right as a misguided, spotlight-seeking bureaucrat who too often sought to undermine then-President Donald Trump. But since the release of a trove of his emails obtained by news outlets, Republicans have sharply escalated their attacks on the nation's top government infectious diseases expert. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool Photo via AP, File)
GOP aims to revive Fauci attacks after email trove released

By Jill Colvin And Zeke Miller Jun. 05, 2021 12:26 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: U.S.

By The Associated Press May. 19, 2021 01:25 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: May 19 The Boston Globe on U.S. aid to Israel should...

Editorial Roundup: Missouri

By The Associated Press Apr. 27, 2021 10:54 AM EDT
Kansas City Star. April 23, 2021. Editorial: Missouri health director Randall Williams is gone, and he won’t be missed ...

President Joe Biden, center, and Vice President Kamala Harris, meet with Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, second from left, Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., Mark Takano, D-Calif., right, and other members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Executive Committee in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Senate OKs bill to fight hate crimes against Asian Americans

By Mary Clare Jalonick Apr. 22, 2021 02:48 PM EDT

Rep. Grace Meng D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Senate breaks filibuster on Asian-American hate crime bill

By Lisa Mascaro And Mary Clare Jalonick Apr. 14, 2021 12:03 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Missouri

By The Associated Press Mar. 23, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
St. Louis Post-Dispatch. March 21, 2021. Editorial: Missouri lawmaker’s police-dog bill deserves to go nowhere For the...

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Mar. 17, 2021 08:17 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ March 17 The Los Angeles Times...

In this Wednesday, March 10, 2021, photo Lucas Szekely, right, takes a video of Josh Sobocinski as he does skateboarding tricks in a parking lot in Greensburg, Pa. Szekely, who thought the results of November's election "a little fishy" also said Democrats sending out another round of direct payments won't change that. Then added "It's a good thing now, but you can't keep doing it forever." (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Democrats bank on relief aid to win back wary working class

By Will Weissert Mar. 14, 2021 09:33 AM EDT

In this April 27, 2020 image from video provided by KRCG-TV, former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens delivers masks to first responders in Columbia, Mo. Greitens passed out masks across the state in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic last spring. (KRCG-TV via The AP)
Is Blunt's exit an opening for ex-Gov. Greitens to return?

By Jim Salter Mar. 09, 2021 04:56 PM EST

U.S. Senate seats up for election in 2022. (AP Graphic)
GOP Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri won't seek reelection in 2022

By Summer Ballentine And Jim Salter Mar. 08, 2021 05:07 PM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 29, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump pauses while speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2020, at National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Conservative gathering to feature Trump's false fraud claims

By Jill Colvin And Steve Peoples Feb. 25, 2021 01:52 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: Missouri

By The Associated Press Feb. 16, 2021 10:00 AM EST
St. Louis Post-Dispatch. February 13, 2021. Editorial: Parson once again points the finger of blame elsewhere for his own failings ...

Editorial Roundup: Missouri

By The Associated Press Feb. 09, 2021 10:00 AM EST
St. Louis Post-Dispatch. February 7, 2021. Editorial: To get kids back in class, teachers need to move to front of vaccine line ...

Vice President Kamala Harris, right, ceremonially swears in Alejandro Mayorkas as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, accompanied by his wife Tanya Mayorkas, and their daughters Amelia, far left, and Giselle, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Senate confirms Mayorkas as Biden's homeland security chief

By Ben Fox Feb. 02, 2021 03:28 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: Missouri

By The Associated Press Feb. 02, 2021 10:01 AM EST
Kansas City Star. January 29, 2021. Editorial: COVID ravages Missouri and Parson’s No. 1 priority is business liability protection? ...

Editorial Roundup: Alabama

By The Associated Press Jan. 27, 2021 12:16 PM EST
Recent editorials from Alabama newspapers: ___ Jan. 23 The Dothan Eagle on a U.S. congressman from...

Editorial Roundup: Missouri

By The Associated Press Jan. 26, 2021 10:00 AM EST
Kansas City Star. January 22, 2021. Editorial: Inaugural speech proved Missouri’s Roy Blunt loves his country. Josh Hawley should listen ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrives at the Pentagon, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Austin wins Senate confirmation as 1st Black Pentagon chief

By Robert Burns And Andrew Taylor Jan. 22, 2021 12:31 AM EST

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris talks with Vice President Mike Pence during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Senate confirms Biden 1st Cabinet pick as Democrats control

By Lisa Mascaro Jan. 21, 2021 12:17 AM EST