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Missouri attorney general, St. Louis mayor spar over mask mandates

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The battle over mask mandates in Missouri has become a war of words between Attorney General Eric Schmitt and St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones. This week, Schmitt sent letters to local public health ...

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Biden touts infrastructure in Kansas City as polls plummet

President Joe Biden was in Kansas City on Wednesday to discuss infrastructure but its the polls that need rebuilding according to news reports. Biden touted the $1 trillion bill he signed into ...

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Democrats ridiculed for bragging about 2-cent savings on gallon of gas

Democrats in Congress are being mocked for celebrating the news that gas prices have dropped by 2 cents per gallon. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee tweeted out a graph that featured half-cent ...

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Biden’s FCC nominee poses threat to free speech, conservative leaders warn

Conservative speech may be restricted if President Biden’s nominee for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is confirmed, Republican leaders warn. A nomination hearing for Gigi Sohn could happen as early as this ...

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Bipartisan tributes pour in for Senator Bob Dole

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Condolences continue to pour in over the death of former U.S. Senator Robert Dole. The Republican died over the weekend at the age of 98. Dole is survived by his wife, former Sen. ...

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Laura Ingraham adds to growing chorus warning of dangers of “Incompetent” White House team

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As even some left-leaning political commentators question decision-making in the White House, Fox News host Laura Ingraham says the problem endangers the country.  The best-selling author and host of the Ingraham Angle ...

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Attorney general proposes Parents’ Bill of Rights in Missouri

Parents’ rights have been at the forefront of the battle over critical race theory and school closings during the pandemic. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is encouraging lawmakers to pass a Parents’ ...

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LGBT compliance forced on Church daycares in Build Back Better plan

Child care provisions in President Biden’s massive Build Back Better plan will shut out Christian and other faith-based facilities that affirm traditional biblical doctrine. The controversy involves language within the House-passed bill ...

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County mandates masks ‘inside private homes’ for Thanksgiving

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Masks are now required in private homes (pdf) on Thanksgiving in Santa Cruz Couty, California. The draconian indoor mask mandate applies to all groups of unrelated individuals gathering for the holiday. That ...

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Missouri funding for highway projects includes controversial component

The Missouri Department of Transportation plans to address many unfunded projects with new revenue from the state gas tax increase and massive federal infrastructure bill. The funding totals $6.5 billion. It includes ...

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Chase Bank reverses cancel culture decision on Donald Trump Jr. event

JPMorgan Chase, owner of the online payment system WePay, has reversed its decision not to handle payments for a Missouri Donald Trump Jr. event. Organizers said even after public pressure forced the ...

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Lawsuit accuses Springfield schools of avoiding scrutiny of curriculum and training

Springfield Public Schools are avoiding the Missouri Sunshine law to prevent scrutiny of its curriculum and training materials, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt alleges in a lawsuit filed this week. The district ...

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Policy protecting religious liberty of federal contractors to be rescinded by Biden administration

The Biden administration plans to end a Trump administration policy that protected the religious liberty of federal contractors and put them on an equal footing with other contractors. At issue is a ...

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Columbia, Mo. tackles its violent crime as elections loom

Columbia is gaining a reputation as one of Missouri’s most violent cities. The deep blue city, an outlier in an otherwise deep red central part of the state, has dealt with a ...

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Court: Biden mandate “likely exceeds the federal government’s authority”

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The Supreme Court could be the next stop for the Biden vaccine mandate after a U.S. appeals court reaffirmed its temporary halt of the plan. The court rejected a challenge by President ...

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Despite ‘temporary’ inflation, home heating bills to soar this winter

The temporary inflation mentioned by the Biden administration shows no sign of letting up. Americans should expect to pay higher prices to heat their homes this winter, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm admitted ...

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Navy SEALs sue President Biden after religious exemption denied

The Biden administration is being sued for denying religious vaccine exemptions to Navy SEALs. The vaccine mandate deadline is approaching for all service members and thousands are speaking out about their denial ...

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New Jersey Democrat has ‘found’ more ballots after he was defeated by Republican truck driver

The New Jersey Democrat speaker of the house says he’s “found” more ballots that would overturn his loss to a Republican truck driver. Edward Durr, a Republican, won 52 percent of the ...

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Energy Secretary Granholm criticized for laughing at energy crisis

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Although rising gasoline and heating oil prices are no laughing matter for most Americans, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm recently laughed when asked about them. Thomas Keene, a host on BloombergTV, asked the ...

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Trump to wait until after midterms on 2024 plans

Former President Donald Trump continues to drop hints about running for his old job in 2024. The news comes as President Joe Biden’s approval drops to 38 percent and Kamala Harris polling ...

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Study reveals Census undercount affects blue, red states differently

The 2020 Census may have missed more than a million people, according to a new study by the Urban Institute. While the report (pdf) revealed the undercount was “not as severe as ...

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Parents concerned over CRT play role in local school board elections

Provoked by a number of outrages across the country, parents have begun pushing back on politicians, school boards, and educators who use children as guinea pigs in radical social experiments and left-wing ...

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Supreme Court won’t consider case of Catholic hospital that denied transgender surgery

A Catholic hospital in California is being sued for refusing to perform a hysterectomy on a transgender patient. Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to consider the case but another ...

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Labor Secretary: there is no OSHA vaccine mandate

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The new Biden administration rule that requires private employees to show proof of vaccination may not be enforceable after Labor Secretary Marty Walsh insisted there was no Presidential mandate. “This isn’t a ...

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Biden military to deny benefits to unvaccinated veterans

Under direction from the Biden administration, military personnel leaving service will have their VA benefits stripped if they don’t get vaccinated. The announcement came Wednesday from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) ...

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