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Politics
Biden rule to shield ‘Dreamers’ seeks to bypass Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration renewed this week its efforts to shield hundreds of thousands of immigrants who…
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Health
U.S. House Democrats want to expand both Medicare and Medicaid
WASHINGTON — New Medicare benefits,, such as dental care, for older Americans. An expansion of eligibility for Medicaid for low-income…
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Coronavirus
Missouri lawmakers look to undermine Biden’s COVID vaccine mandate
Members of the Missouri House on Wednesday floated the idea of pursuing legislation to undermine a mandate from President Joe Biden’s…
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Coronavirus
Missouri GOP vow to push back against Biden’s announced vaccine mandate
Missouri Republicans assailed President Joe Biden’s push to require employees of private businesses to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo…
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Business
COVID-19 vaccines or weekly tests to be mandated for millions of workers
WASHINGTON — More than 80 million employees of private businesses in the U.S. will be required to get vaccinated against…
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Coronavirus
Biden opens civil rights probe into states banning school mask mandates
WASHINGTON — Federal education officials have launched civil rights investigations in five Republican-led states that have prohibited school districts from mandating…
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Coronavirus
Supreme Court rejection of eviction ban cranks up pressure to dole out rental aid
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court’s rejection of the last-ditch effort by President Joe Biden’s administration to extend a federal…
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Politics
Congress is attempting the biggest expansion of U.S. social programs since FDR
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate passed last week a massive bipartisan infrastructure bill and an even larger budget blueprint that…
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Politics
For Missouri Rep. Cori Bush, the eviction battle is personal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Roughly two decades before she was elected to Congress, Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri lived in a…
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Coronavirus
Biden to allow eviction moratorium to expire Saturday
BOSTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration announced Thursday that it will allow a nationwide ban on evictions to expire…
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News
Biden calls for concerted effort to fight assaults on voting rights
PHILADELPHIA — Returning to the state that handed him the White House, President Joe Biden made a passionate plea Tuesday for Americans…
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Kids
How the new, expanded federal child tax credit will work
WASHINGTON — The most ambitious part of the pandemic stimulus package signed by President Joe Biden earlier this year is about…
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News
Biden celebrates Fourth, touts ongoing fight for freedom from virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling a vaccination “the most patriotic thing you can do,” President Joe Biden mixed the nation’s birthday…
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Religion
Why Communion matters in Catholic life – and what it means to be denied the Eucharist
The biannual U.S. Catholic bishops’ meeting received more than its usual attention this June due to one particular item on its agenda:…
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News
Divided U.S. Catholic bishops will debate Communion policy
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops plans to devote part of its national meeting next month to the sensitive issue…
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Coronavirus
U.S. virus toll projected to drop by end of July
NEW YORK (AP) — Health experts are projecting the coronavirus toll in the U.S. will wane dramatically by the end…
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Politics
Missouri sues over tax cut penalties in federal COVID-19 relief bill
Missouri became on Monday the first state to challenge a punitive provision of the $1.9 billion federal COVID-19 relief bill signed early…
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Coronavirus
Krewson outlines plan for $500 million in federal virus relief
CITY HALL – Mayor Lyda Krewson released on Friday her suggested guidelines for how toinvest the about $500 million the…
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Coronavirus
Rescue aid package may reduce income gap, but for how long?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have celebrated President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan as a blow against one of…
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Coronavirus
St. Louis to be a center for Biden’s virus recovery plan
ST. LOUIS – The city is going to be one of the Stimulus Command Centers to implement President Joe Biden’s…
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Featured
Honduran immigrant finally leaves church sanctuary to rejoin family
MAPLEWOOD • Honduran immigrant, husband and father of five Alex Garcia entered a church in Maplewood in 2017 to avoid immediate…
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Coronavirus
‘Obamacare’ sign-ups reopen as Democrats push for more aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — HealthCare.gov’s market for subsidized health plans reopens Monday for a special three-month sign-up window as the Democratic-led…
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Crime
On Parkland anniversary, Biden calls for tougher gun laws
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Sorrow reverberated across the country Sunday as Americans, including President Joe Biden, joined a Florida city…
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Business
Report boosts outlook for $15 minimum wage
WASHINGTON — The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Monday that a gradual increase to a $15 federal minimum wage by…
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Business
Child poverty an inner focus of virus relief plan
BALTIMORE (AP) — Tucked inside President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan is a seemingly radical notion that children…
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Coronavirus
National Prayer Breakfast advances religious, political agendas
Addressing his first National Prayer Breakfast as president on Feb. 4, Joe Biden spoke of the need to “turn to faith”…
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Crime
Missouri House passes ban on enforcement of federal gun laws
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — The Missouri House passed on Thursday a bill to ban local police from enforcing federal gun…
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Health
Biden could change course of high court health care case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The pending Supreme Court case on the fate of the Affordable Care Act could give President Joe Biden’s administration its…
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News
Bidens bring family pets back to White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — The patter of paws is being heard in the White House again with the arrival of President…
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Coronavirus
Housing advocates hope for extended federal eviction freeze
Freezing rain was pouring down when sheriff deputies knocked on Anthony Stinson’s apartment door in Kansas City. It was 2:15 p.m.…
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