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9+ hour, 48+ min ago   (591+ words) Partly sunny with an isolated shower or thunderstorm possible. Highs in the lower 80s.. Partly cloudy with an isolated shower or thunderstorm possible. Lows in the lower 60s. A Saint Louis University poll found that on an initiative petition measure on November's…...

5+ hour, 33+ min ago   (115+ words) Fox News correspondent Alexis McAdams reports on how Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers is bringing his campaign to football tailgates while defending the sport against claims of toxic masculinity on ‘Fox Report.’ Michigan US Senate race heads to the tailgate…...

10+ hour, 35+ min ago   (195+ words) Wall Street Journal: “As the high-stakes midterm elections approach, battles over redistricting and voting are intensifying nationwide. Republicans are trying to keep control of Congress, amid voter frustration with prices and an unpopular war with Iran. Democrats are seeking to…...

19+ hour, 22+ min ago   (977+ words) The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a federal judge’s order requiring Missouri to use a gerrymandered congressional map in November, putting the state back on course to conduct the election using districts drawn in 2022. In a one-page order, the court…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (195+ words) Kansas City Star opinion columnist Toriano Porter is training his focus on Missouri's escalating fight over a gerrymandered congressional map. His two recent columns argue that Republican leaders — not the state Supreme Court — are responsible for the constitutional standoff. FULL…...

16+ hour, 37+ min ago   (478+ words) The Show-Me State shows there really is a first time for everything. Twice this week, the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of Democrats in the Show-Me State – after the conservative-led state supreme court did the same. The nationwide mid-decade…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (763+ words) The whiplash-inducing saga over whether Missouri can use its gerrymandered congressional map in the midterm elections heads to federal appellate court next week. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has scheduled a hearing at 10 a.m. on Sept. 17 in St. Louis for arguments…...

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1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (50+ words) A prominent conservative former federal judge is warning that House Republicans may attempt to block Democrats from being seated in the next Congress even if voters hand Democrats a decisive midterm victory, calling the coming months a potential "Final Battle…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (553+ words) On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling in Missouri's controversial redistricting battle, backing the Missouri Supreme Court's decision that the state could not use a congressional map drafted by the state's Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe last year....