By MATTHEW LEE, AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Iran nuclear deal was in near terminal condition and on life support even before President Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Tillerson’s dismissal this week may hasten its demise. As CIA chief and Iran hawk Mike Pompeo prepares to run the State Department, the…
Clinton, MO (KTRS) A woman is now charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a western Missouri police officer last week. Second degree murder charges were filed Wednesday against Tammy Dee Widger. Her rental home was the site of the fatal shooting of Clinton Officer Ryan Morton. She had previously been charged with possession of…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Activists used the President’s visit to the St. Louis area on Wednesday to voice their concerns on several issues, with gun control at the top of their list. Brian Wingbermuehle of Students Demand Action St. Louis, was among those who attended the protest in Frontenac, where President Trump was attending a…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — President Donald Trump is traveling to Missouri to promote recent tax cuts and campaign for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Josh Hawley. Trump is scheduled to visit the Boeing plant in St. Louis Wednesday. He’ll hold a round table with business leaders and workers, then plans to attend a fundraiser for Hawley.…
By COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press From Maine to Hawaii, students planned to walk out of school Wednesday to protest gun violence in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month’s massacre of 17 people at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. In nearly 3,000 protests nationwide, students from…
By BILL BARROW, MARC LEVY and STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press MT. LEBANON, Pa. (AP) — A razor’s edge separated Democrat Conor Lamb and Republican Rick Saccone early Wednesday in their closely watched special election in Pennsylvania, where a surprisingly strong bid by first-time candidate Lamb severely tested Donald Trump’s sway in a GOP stronghold. Lamb claimed…
Chesterfield, MO (KTRS) Josh Hawley’s campaign for the U.S. Senate is officially underway. The Missouri Republican launched his run with a three stop tour in the state on Tuesday. The Missouri Attorney General’s last stop was in Chesterfield. Speaking to over 100 supporters, Hawley attacked incumbent Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill. “I know that Missouri is…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rex Tillerson is out as secretary of state. President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday morning that he’s naming CIA director Mike Pompeo to replace Tillerson. Pompeo is to be replaced at CIA by Gina Haspel, Pompeo’s deputy at CIA. She would be the first woman in that role. Tillerson had just returned from…
CARNEGIE, Pa. (AP) — Polls are open in western Pennsylvania as voters settle a high profile special congressional race being watched for clues to the upcoming midterm elections. Republican Rick Saccone is trying to stave off an upset by Democrat Conor Lamb in a Pittsburgh-area district that backed President Donald Trump by 20 percentage points…
By WILL WEISSERT and DAVID WARREN, Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Investigators believe a package bomb that killed a teenager and wounded a woman in Austin on Monday is linked to a similar bombing that killed a man elsewhere in the city this month, and they’re considering whether race was a factor because all of…