Two lawsuits are being jointly heard in a bench trial this week in Kansas City on whether Missouri’s new congressional map is unconstitutional. The “Missouri First” map redraws the 5th Congressional District to include a large swath of rural Missouri while dividing...
Gov. Mike Kehoe, R-Missouri, did have the authority to call last fall’s special legislative session on the state’s new congressional map, according to a Cole County judge. The Missouri State Conference of the NAACP had filed suit, claiming that the September...
The federal government will partially shut down Saturday at 12:01 a.m., though the latest shutdown is expected to be short-lived. U.S. Senate Democrats reached an agreement with Republicans and the Trump Administration on Thursday to delay spending increases for the...
U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, says the U.S. is not at war with Venezuela. He told Missourinet that there is no legitimate reason for President Trump’s opponents in Congress to try and invoke the War Powers Act. “We executed essentially a warrant with the FBI,...
U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo. 6th District, is defending President Trump’s use of the military to remove Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro without seeking permission from Congress. He told Missourinet that it was a law enforcement action, not war. “The same reason why...
