Governor Nixon announces support for plan to increase gasoline tax
The Missouri Department of Transportation is searching for funding after voters rejected a sales tax in 2014
Benghazi panel to interview former CIA Director Petraeus
WASHINGTON (AP) – A House committee looking into the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya is interviewing former CIA Director David Petraeus as the investigation enters its third calendar year – and a presidential election year. Petraeus is the first of four former Obama administration officials the Republican-led committee is interviewing in the next week.…
US sees Assad staying in Syria until March 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration’s best-case scenario for political transition in Syria does not foresee Bashar Assad stepping down as the country’s leader before March 2017, outlasting Barack Obama’s presidency by at least two months, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press. An internal timeline prepared for U.S. officials dealing with the…
Cash-rich super PACs prolong flagging presidential campaigns
Less than a month before voting begins, the Republican field still has a dozen presidential hopefuls. Super PACs are one reason why
