Top Missouri Senate Democrat resigns for judgeship

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Senate’s top Democrat has stepped down to take an administrative judgeship. Senate Minority Leader Joe Keaveny resigned Thursday. Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon announced he’s been named a St. Louis workers’ compensation administrative law judge. Those judges can approve settlements and issue awards after hearings on injured workers’ benefits.…

Senator Kirk calls Trump a “wealthy bully”

WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois says Donald Trump is an “Eastern, privileged, wealthy bully.” Trump called Kirk, one of the more vulnerable GOP incumbents, a loser at the closed-door meeting with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill on Thursday. Kirk did not attend meeting, but The Washington Post described the presidential candidate’s…