Sen. Claire McCaskill plans 8 town halls across Missouri

In a year when congressional town hall meetings have often turned angry, Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill is wading into predominantly Republican areas of Missouri to host a series of them this week. McCaskill's first town hall will be Wednesday at Jefferson College in the eastern Missouri town of Hillsboro.

Republicans survive scare, win House seat

Republicans have survived an election scare to win a House seat in the first congressional election since President Donald Trump's victory, but the next contest for a seat in Georgia could be tougher. The party saw its winning margin in Kansas' 4th House district shrink from 31 per cent in November to just seven per cent on Tuesday, as state treasurer Ron Estes fought off a challenge from Democrat and civil rights lawyer James Thompson.

The Latest: Republicans hang on to House seat in Kansas

Kansas 4th District congressional candidate Ron Estes, front left, thanks Sen. Ted Cruz who came to Wichita to campaign for Estes the day before a special election at Yingling Aviation, Monday, April 10, 2017, in Wichita, Kan. less Kansas 4th District congressional candidate Ron Estes, front left, thanks Sen. Ted Cruz who came to Wichita to campaign for Estes the day before a special election at Yingling Aviation, Monday, April 10, 2017, ... more In this March 23, 2017, photo, Democrat James Thompson, a candidate for Kansas' 4th Congressional District, speaks during a debate in Wichita, Kan.

GOP Holds Kansas House Seat As Democrat’s Surprise Upset Bid Falls Short

In the first special congressional election since President Donald Trump took office, a Republican candidate won a narrower-than-expected victory in a district President Donald Trump easily carried less than six months ago. State Treasurer Ron Estes won the U.S. House seat vacated by Mike Pompeo, who now serves as director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

GOP Dashes Dems’ Upset Hopes in Kansas, Conservative Holds Congressional Seat

Republican Ron Estes has defeated Democrat James Thompson in Kansas' fourth Congressional District, holding that seat for the GOP. As we mentioned earlier today in our preview of the race , this is theoretically a very safe red seat, with Republicans controlling it ever since the 1994 wave election.

J. Geils, ‘Centerfold’ musician, dies at age 71

Authorities say a brief marriage and quick estrangement came before a man walked into his wife's elementary school class and opened fire, killing her and an 8-year-old student and wounding a 9-year-old student... Authorities say a brief marriage and quick estrangement came before a man walked into his wife's elementary school class and opened fire, killing her and an 8-year-old student and wounding a 9-year-old student before fatally shooting himself. A Democratic civil rights attorney running in the nation's first congressional election since President Donald Trump's victory has upended expectations that Republicans would easily win a Kansas House on Tuesday.

San Bernardino school had no knowledge of teacher’s troubled relationship with shooter, police say

California school officials at the site of Monday's killing and suicide that left three people dead had no prior knowledge of the ongoing con... -- In the wake of the U.S. airstrikes in Syria last week in response to a chemical attack that killed dozens of people, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said it... WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today welcomed an announcement from the U.S. D... Kearney, Neb.

Proposal for SouthCoast Hyperloop goes to Washington

A super-fast form of transportation involving giant tubes, pods and air pressure would have a stop in SouthCoast if built in the Northeast, among other nationwide locations, should a company making the technology pick a Somerset woman's proposal. Holly McNamara, a Select Board official in Somerset, said she feels one step closer to seeing that become a reality after a visit to Washington, D.C., last week to make her case to a panel of judges.

Trump Will Break Promise on China Currency, Schwarzman Predicts

Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone's chairman and chief executive officer, comments on trade and U.S.-China relations during an interview with Bloomberg's David Westin on 'Bloomberg Markets.' Donald Trump is unlikely to designate China a currency manipulator this month, breaking a campaign promise, and may "circle back" on health-care legislation that failed in the House, one of his top outside economic advisers said.

VIDEO: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Refers to Lindsey Graham as One of ‘the Women of the Senate’

Apparently while she was discussing her "fondness" for the late Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg mistakenly referred to Lindsey Graham as one of the "women of the Senate." Whether she meant this as a shady dig at Graham's questionable sexuality or she actually genuinely had a senior moment, we'll never know.

Texas bill allows recusals for issuing gay marriage licenses

Federal workplace safety officials will investigate an explosion that killed one worker and injured four others at an Army ammunition plant near Kansas City, Missouri. Federal workplace safety officials will investigate an explosion that killed one worker and injured four others at an Army ammunition plant near Kansas City, Missouri.

House race in heavily GOP Kansas surprisingly competitive

In this March 23, 2017, photo, Democrat James Thompson, a candidate for Kansas' 4th Congressional District, speaks during a debate in Wichita, Kan. President Donald Trump stepped into a surprisingly competitive special congressional election in Kansas Monday, April 10, 2017, recording a get-out-the-vote call on behalf of Republican candidate Ron Estes.

The Latest: McCain: America can stop both IS and Assad

U.S. Senator John McCain says stopping Syrian President Bashar Assad's "murderous rampage" does not preclude America from fighting the Islamic State group. "The United States is the most powerful nation on earth, we can do both at the same time," the Republican senator said at a press conference in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Dems: Trump’s tax secrecy complicates legislative overhaul

The Senate's top Democrat said Tuesday that President Donald Trump's refusal to release his tax returns is going to make this year's promised overhaul of the tax code "much harder." Sen. Charles Schumer says Trump is opening himself to second guessing about his motives for supporting different policies and that the average American will think he's making changes because "it's good for him."