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The legislation, which is expected to be signed by the governor, echoes even tighter restrictions passed by Alabama this week
Missouri lawmakers on Friday approved legislation to ban abortion after eight weeks of pregnancy, becoming the latest state to put severe restrictions on the procedure.
The legislation passed the Republican-led state house of representatives on Friday afternoon after being approved by the senate early on Thursday, and now heads to the desk of Missouri’s Republican governor, Mike Parson. Parson is expected to sign it.
The lower house of the Missouri general assembly passed a bill on Friday to prohibit women from seeking an abortion after the eighth week of pregnancy, days after Alabama enacted the most restrictive abortion law in the US.
The House of Representatives gave its final legislative approval in a 110-44 vote after protesters were removed from the public gallery. Missouri senators overwhelmingly approved the legislation on Thursday.
A massive winter snowstorm making its way across the midwest and into the US mid-Atlantic region dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of Missouri and contributed to at least five deaths, authorities said on Saturday.
The storm moved into Kansas and Nebraska from the Rockies on Friday, then east into Missouri, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana, covering roads and making driving dangerous.
President Donald Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on $50 billion worth of Chinese imports , officially launching his long promised trade war. Beijing retaliated immediately, imposing levies on American exports like soybeans and pork-goods reportedly selected to hit Trump country.
A video recording has emerged of Democrat Sen. Claire McCaskill telling supporters that she doesn't care about losing votes in the state's "bootheel," the southeastern most tip of the state that is rural and solidly conservative. Republican challenger Josh Hawley featured the video recording in a new TV ad that hit the airwaves Thursday, using Ms.
If you're mad about Brett Kavanaugh - and isn't everyone mad about Brett Kavanaugh for one reason or another? - there's something you can do about that.
Missouri's Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill is making a bid for a third term in a state that's trended increasingly red in recent years, setting up a nationally watched showdown that could be pivotal to party control of the Senate. After President Donald Trump won Missouri in 2016 by about 19 percentage points, McCaskill's seat was immediately seen as prime for picking up by the Republicans.
Senate Democrats facing tough re-election fights this year are turning to their own constituents to describe their health struggles and addiction battles in starkly personal advertisements at a time when many voters say health care is a top concern. Many of the emotionally-charged advertisements attack Republican efforts scrap the Affordable Care Act, or highlight the opioid epidemic that has claimed so many thousands of lives.
A coalition of nonprofit groups that has registered more than 87,000 new Missouri voters - most of them black residents - says it is not working for Sen. Claire McCaskill, but its effort could help her campaign against Republican challenger Josh Hawley.
The idiosyncrasy affected a relatively small number of people but created problems and red tape when they voted, paid taxes - even when they died. U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill learned about the quirk last year and began inquiries to the U.S. Postal Service.
President Donald Trump has issued an ominous warning about the Justice Department and the FBI, promising further firings to get rid of a "lingering stench" following reports that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein discussed secretly recording the president . Trump, speaking at a rally in Missouri Friday, did not explicitly mention the Rosenstein furor, which was first reported by The New York Times and confirmed by The Associated Press.
Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, said in a Wednesday letter to Senate leaders that his office discovered that "at least one major technology company" has warned an unspecified number of senators and aides that their personal accounts were "targeted by foreign government hackers." Foreign government hackers continue to target the personal accounts of U.S. senators and their aides - and the Senate's security office has refused to defend them, a lawmaker says.
Foreign government hackers continue to target the personal email accounts of U.S. senators and their aides - and the Senate's security office has refused to defend them, a lawmaker says. Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, said in a Wednesday letter to Senate leaders that his office discovered that "at least one major technology company" has warned an unspecified number of senators and aides that their personal email accounts were "targeted by foreign government hackers."
Foreign government hackers continue to target the personal email accounts of U.S. senators and their aides - and the Senate's security office has refused to defend them, a lawmaker says. Foreign government hackers continue to target the personal email accounts of U.S. senators and their aides - and the Senate's security office has refused to defend them, a lawmaker says.
After speaking at Westminster College's Hancock Symposium, Gabe Fleisher, right, chats with political science professor Tobias Gibson. Gibson has subscribed to the 16-year-old's political news email blast since 2012 and is a big fan.
A worker at the Department of Homeland Security's National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center in Arlington, Virginia on August 22, 2018. Melting in South Florida's humidity, a young congressional campaign manager let his nerves show.
Registration will allow you to post comments on GreenwichTime.com and create a GreenwichTime.com Subscriber Portal account for you to manage subscriptions and email preferences. FILE - In this June 20, 2018, file photo, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., asks a question during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Catherine Bell, left, and Cameron Mathison in the made-for-TV romance "A Summer to Remember " on Hallmark. Pink Collar Crimes This new episode profiles a financial planner who allegedly siphoned money from the retirement funds of her relatives and friends to enable herself to live the high life.
Senator Rob Portman has introduced a new bill in the Senate that would give the Internal Revenue Service the authority to regulate income tax return preparers. The bill is cosponsored by Senator Ben Cardin .