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The Iron Dome, Israel’s missile-defense system, helped protect the nation from recent attacks by the Palestinian terror group Hamas. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has introduced a bill to replenish it. ...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s handling of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s recent anti-Semitic comments has drawn the fire of more than 200 rabbis. “We reiterate that the mob attacks on American Jews today are ...

Religious rights groups are being joined by Congressional Republicans questioning growing attacks by the IRS against Christian non-profits and churches. The criticisms come after a Texas prayer group was denied tax-exempt status ...

Supporters are saying Senate Republicans have saved American democracy when they blocked a Democrat bill that would take over every election in the county. Republicans did so co-opting a filibuster tactic used ...

Congressional Democrats last week introduced a bill that would override state restrictions on third-trimester abortions. The Women’s Health Protection Act would allow abortion all the way up until birth and has been ...

Another Missouri legislative session is in the books, with a number of new laws enacted. From license plates honoring black baseball players to prescription drug monitoring and agricultural inspections, here are the ...

Although Missouri’s House members from Kansas City and St. Louis are liberal, other representatives in the state are strong conservatives according to their voting records. In Kansas’ 3rd District which includes several ...

Federal employees will now have more than two weeks off work for holidays after Congress passed a bill making Juneteenth the 11th such day off. The bill, which gained bipartisan support, was ...

U.S. inflation is now at its highest level since the Great Recession of 2008. The Labor Department released additional data on Thursday showing that prices for May rose 5 percent from a year ...

Republicans believe they have the momentum to take back the House and Senate in the 2022 midterm elections. Conventional wisdom says the party not in the White House — in this case, ...

Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler is running for U.S. Senate according to a source close to her. The popular Republican from Harrisonville currently represents Missouri’s 4th Congressional district. The seat is being left vacant ...

Skyrocketing inflation is hitting restaurant owners hard with both chains and local establishments raising menu prices. Restaurant managers are seeing price increases of up to 300% on some items used in the ...

As the “Squad” continues to promote anti-Semitism, several other Democrats in Congress are pushing back. Three Jewish House Democrats are calling on President Biden to appoint an ambassador-at-large to combat anti-Semitism that ...

Anti-Semitism among some Democrat members of Congress is becoming so bad that even some of their fellow party members are calling them out.  The lawmakers’ remarks come after an intense two-week conflict ...

Missouri’s Senator Roy Blunt opposes forming a commission to examine the capitol breach on January 6. He’s not alone given the history of investigations “gone wild” during the last four years. “I ...

A federal judge has prevented the Biden administration from handing out stimulus restaurant grants based on gender, race, and sexual orientation. The funds were part of a multi-billion dollar COVID-19 restaurant relief ...

For the first time in 70 years, there will be no public prayer gathering at the U.S. Capitol during the National Day of Prayer. The Rev. Patrick Mahoney, director of the Christian ...

In a narrowly divided Congress, every seat counts. A north Texas seat will remain red after a runoff to fill a vacancy. Two Republican candidates will advance to a runoff as the ...

Democrat Tulsi Gabbard, a former congresswoman from Hawaii and presidential candidate, is speaking out against the racialization of the United States. “Please, please let us stop the racialization of everyone and everything ...

Republican Reps. Doug Lamborn of Colorado and Jeff Duncan of South Carolina have expressed their concern about teaching critical race theory in a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona. “Civics and history ...

A group of Missouri lawmakers is trying to pass LGBTQ discrimination bills before the session ends next month that some say endangers religious freedom. Last week, a bill adding sexual orientation and ...

Census numbers released Tuesday show primarily Democrat states will lose seats in Congress while red states like Florida, Texas and Montana will gain seats. The numbers show that although much of the ...

Missouri Congressman Jason Smith, who is considering a campaign for the U.S. Senate, will hold a fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago later this month. The invitation lists Gov. Mike Parson, South Dakota Gov. Kristi ...

Prioritized by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrats passed a bill limiting a president’s authority to issue travel bans on individuals entering the U.S. The action was in response to President Donald Trump ...

Pro-life Democrats rallied on Capitol Hill on Sunday to protest other Democrats’ threats to ditch the Hyde Amendment which bans the use of tax dollars to fund overseas abortion. Democrats for Life ...