Trump still wants virus deal with Democrats, Mnuchin says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pressed by Democrats to quickly negotiate a new coronavirus relief package, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday…
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Trump visits Kenosha, calls violence ‘domestic terror’
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump stood at the epicenter of the latest eruption over racial injustice Tuesday and…
Missouri pays pandemic consultant more than $500,000
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri has paid a consulting firm more than $500,000 in emergency federal funding for pandemic-related costs,…
Americans divided over armed civilians who flock to protests
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The scenes have become commonplace in 2020: People gathered at state Capitols with semiautomatic long guns…
Voting groups scramble to reach college students in pandemic
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Chase Gaines wishes he could get more young people in North Carolina to answer their front…
‘How dare we not vote?’ Black voters organize after DC march
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tears streamed down Brooke Moreland’s face as she watched tens of thousands gather on the steps of the Lincoln…
Cori Bush poised to reshape Missouri delegation
St. Louis Democrat Cori Bush pulled off one of the greatest upsets in congressional history this month when she ousted…
Blunders damage credibility of FDA, CDC
WASHINGTON (AP) — The credibility of two of the nation’s leading public health agencies was under fire this week after…
Trump, at NH rally, sows fears about ‘thugs,’ ‘anarchists’
LONDONDERRY, N.H. (AP) — Fresh off accepting the Republican Party’s nomination, President Donald Trump said Friday he was the only…
Lincoln Memorial rally marks 1963 protest, 2020 need for change
WASHINGTON (AP) — Capping a week of protests and outrage over the police shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin,…
Ex-Alderman Arnowitz gets year in prison for fraud
ST. LOUIS — Onetime 12th Ward Alderman Larry Arnowitz was sentenced Friday to a year in federal prison for misusing…
GOP convention takeaways: What virus? Fear motivates
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump refused to allow the coronavirus to deny him the crowd he craved for the…
City to add more places to vote absentee, in person
CITY HALL – St. Louis has designated $60,000 for the Board of Election Commissioners to offer residents more places to…
Missouri House passes bills on crime, giving guns to children
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri state House passed on Tuesday legislation to end the misdemeanor crime of giving guns…
Cori Bush shrugs off McCloskeys’ vitriol in their RNC speech
Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the white couple who brandished guns at racial justice protesters on June 28 in the Central…
Kanye West falls short in bid to be on Missouri’s ballot
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Rapper and music producer Kanye West did not gather enough valid signatures to be on Missouri’s…