WASHINGTON (AP) — Within a span of about 24 hours, three House Democrats have announced they tested positive for COVID-19, prompting concern that last week’s insurrection at the Capitol has…
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Board of Aldermen condemns Hawley, other perpetrators, in riot at Capitol
A resolution unanimously approved by the St. Louis Board of Aldermen on Friday lashes out at Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley “and those who incited and participated in the attempted…
St. Louis' failure means red Missouri
I hesitate to call Sen. Josh Hawley a fascist only because I don’t think he believes in anything, including fascism, beyond his own ambition. Hawley is Donald Trump without the…
Danforth among GOP figures rejecting Trump's bid to undo defeat
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Sen. John Danforth, a three-term U.S. senator from St. Louis, is among a growing number of current and former GOP officials rebuking the effort to upend…
Biden on cusp of presidency after gains in Pennsylvania, Georgia
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden was on the cusp of winning the presidency on Friday as he opened up narrow leads over President Donald Trump in the critical battlegrounds…
State leaders facing second wave resist steps to curb virus
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Even as a new surge of coronavirus infections sweeps the U.S., officials in many hard-hit states are resisting taking stronger action to slow the spread,…
Barrett confirmed as Supreme Court justice in partisan vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court late Monday by a deeply divided Senate, Republicans overpowering Democrats to install President Donald Trump’s nominee days before the election…
They wanted disruption in 2016; now they're Trump defectors
Shawna Jensen’s moment of reckoning came in March, as she sat in her suburban Fort Worth, Texas, living room next to her fireplace. Her laptop was open to a Zoom…
White House, GOP at odds over jobless aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — Negotiations over a new COVID-19 rescue bill were in flux Friday after the White House floated cutting an unemployment benefits boost to as little as $100 and President Donald…
Trump stokes racial rancor to motivate voters
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is wielding America’s racial tension as a re-election weapon, fiercely denouncing the racial justice movement on a near-daily basis with language stoking white…
Jaco: The totalitarianism of Missouri anti-abortion laws
Like all totalitarian movements, the anti-abortion jihad that wants to force women to give birth and has left the Planned Parenthood facility on Forest Park Avenue as the only abortion…