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J. Brett Blanton, who oversees the facilities, historical artifacts and U.S. Capitol grounds, was the subject of a blistering internal review​ by the agency's inspector general last year.

The House isn’t the only congressional chamber taking steps this week to counteract former President Trump, as legislation to overhaul how Congress counts electoral votes is one step closer to becoming law. Less than a day after a House panel investigating Jan. 6, 2021, issued four criminal referrals for the former president, the Senate unveiled…

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday issued a terse response to the House Jan. 6 select committee’s decision to refer criminal charges against former President Trump to the Justice Department. “The entire nation knows who is responsible for that day. Beyond that, I don’t have any immediate observations,” McConnell said in a…

The Senate has passed landmark bipartisan legislation to protect same-sex marriages.

The Senate is set to vote Tuesday on legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages, putting Congress one step closer to ensuring that such unions are enshrined in federal law.

Among faith leaders and denominations across the U.S., there are sharp differences over the bill advancing in the Senate that would protect same-sex and interracial marriages in federal law.

Missouri's top race is between Eric Schmitt and Trudy Busch Valentine for a U.S. Senator seat. The state is requiring residents to have voter identifications in this year's election.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has filed 25 lawsuits against President Joe Biden's administration in the past 20 months.

The federal government wants to expand all-hours mental health and substance abuse care in communities around the country.

States are spending billions of dollars of federal pandemic relief funds on infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges and public buildings.

House Democrats are voting this week on changes to a 19th century law for certifying presidential elections.

U.S. leaders from President Joe Biden on down are being careful not to declare a premature victory after a Ukrainian offensive forced Russian troops into a messy retreat in the north.

Missouri’s senior senator continues to go along with a double standard on classified documents. | Opinion

President Joe Biden’s request for $47 billion in emergency funding is getting a thumbs down from Republicans in Congress.

President Joe Biden’s request for more than $47 billion in emergency funding to help Ukraine and tackle COVID-19, monkeypox and natural disasters is encountering deep skepticism from Senate Republicans, signaling a showdown ahead. The early resistance on the size and scope of the spending request points to the fraught negotiations to come as Congress labors to pass a stopgap spending bill that would keep the federal government running past Oct. 1 or risk a federal shutdown. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that while Ukraine aid “is obviously a priority,” he downplayed the need for other funding — even in his Kentucky home state hit hard by devastating floods.

The speaker insisted she was promoting democracy but critics suggest a last hurrah before she loses the gavel in November

They insist that voters will care more about the state of the economy in November.

Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin are making the case for overhauling the 1800s-era Electoral Count Act.

Republican leaders got their wish with the defeat of former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens in the U.S. Senate primary.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has defeated scandal-scarred former Gov. Eric Greitens and 19 others in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate.

Primary elections are being held in six states on Tuesday.

As the Senate contemplates legislation to protect same-sex marriages, there has been a sharp shift in Republican support for the issue.

President Joe Biden hosted hundreds of lawmakers, their families and aides for the first congressional picnic at the White House in three years.

Eric Greitens resigned as Missouri governor in 2018 amid criminal charges and legislative investigations.

An attorney who held key roles in the George W.

The lawyer for the ex-wife of Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Eric Greitens says the family has been subjected to “serious threats” in the days since Greitens released a violent campaign video in which he declares he’s hunting RINOs, or Republicans in Name Only.

An attorney working as a senior investigator for the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection will leave the post amid calls urging him to run for a Missouri U.S. Senate seat as an independent.

Republican Sen_ Rick Scott of Florida is criticizing the Texas GOP's new party platform for not being “inclusive” when it described homosexuality as “an abnormal lifestyle choice.”.

The bill would place a $35 monthly cap on the cost of insulin for patients with private insurance as well as those enrolled in Medicare.

Former Republican U.S. Sen. John Danforth and others are urging a former federal prosecutor who now serves as an attorney for the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection to make an independent run for one of Missouri’s Senate seats.

Eric Greitens of Missouri is among the Republican candidates in a highly competitive Aug. 2 primary to fill the seat being vacated by GOP Sen. Blunt.

Eric Greitens of Missouri is among the Republican candidates in a highly competitive Aug. 2 primary to fill the seat being vacated by GOP Sen. Blunt.

Eric Greitens of Missouri is among the Republican candidates in a highly competitive Aug. 2 primary to fill the seat being vacated by GOP Sen. Blunt.

The Biden administration foresees unnecessary deaths if lawmakers don’t approve billions of dollars more to brace for the pandemic’s next wave.

For 21 years, the Kuwaiti ambassador's wife captivated Washington's A-list and became a powerbroker herself.

Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, whose ex-wife recently accused him of physical abuse, says he will not drop his political comeback bid for the U.S. Senate.

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has reached an agreement with the Missouri Office of Disciplinary Counsel in which she acknowledges mistakes in her handling of the prosecution of former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens but won’t face any severe penalties for those mistakes.

A compromise $10 billion measure buttressing the government’s COVID-19 defenses has stalled in the Senate.

Biden officials previously said helping vaccinate the world is critical to protect Americans.

"I don't think she's the kind of judge that will really do the kind of work that I think needs to be done by the court," he said on ABC's "This Week."

President Joe Biden requested $22.5 billion in early March.

Lawmakers have moved to the brink of clinching a scaled-back bipartisan compromise to provide a fresh $10 billion to combat COVID-19.

The legislation would finance vaccines, treatments and tests, as Biden and Democrats have warned that the government is running out of money to pay for the fight against COVID.

The investigator who played a key role in former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ resignation in 2018 has pleaded guilty to evidence tampering.

The ex-wife of Missouri GOP Senate candidate Eric Greitens has accused him of physical abuse.

Few Republicans are echoing Trump's description of the Russian president​ as savvy or smart.

Few Republicans are echoing Trump's description of the Russian president​ as savvy or smart.

Politicians and friends are fondly remembering Don Young.

The Senate on Tuesday passed a measure that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent across the United States.

For all their angst about the possibility of former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens winning the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in the state, GOP leaders haven’t coalesced behind an alternative.

Congressional Democrats and Republicans are showing signs of support for providing $6.4 billion or more in aid to Ukraine and its European neighbors.

A U.S. Senate candidate for Missouri says she has no plans to delete a transphobic tweet that violated Twitter's rules against hateful conduct, even after the social media platform said she won’t be able to tweet, retweet, follow or like posts until she does. Twitter suspended Vicky Hartzler ’s personal account on Monday. Hartzler's tweet, posted in mid-February, said: "Women’s sports are for women, not men pretending to be women,” and included her TV ad targeting transgender people in sports and particularly University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas.

The Biden administration is telling Congress it needs an additional $30 billion to press ahead with the fight against COVID-19.

The Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Dr. Robert Califf to head the agency on a 50-46 vote. The agency has been without a permanent leader for the last 13 months.

YouTube prohibits posting content that falsely claims the 2020 presidential election results were altered because of widespread fraud.

The Jan. 6 siege led to a transformation of security for the citadel of democracy and members of Congress. But many say plenty of work remains to ensure another attack never happens again.

President Joe Biden is urging concern but not alarm as the United States set records for daily reported COVID-19 cases and his administration struggles to ease concerns about testing shortages.

The Senate has confirmed more than 30 ambassadors and other Biden administration nominees after Majority Leader Chuck Schumer agreed to schedule a vote on sanctions on the company behind the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that will deliver natural gas from Russia to Germany.

The Capitol Police chief is about to gain new authority to request help from the National Guard.

Lawmakers said that the chief's lack of authority during the Jan. 6 insurrection had caused “unnecessary delays."

Congressional leaders have reached a deal to lift the nation's debt limit.

Democrats are hoping that Congress is nearing the finish line in its seven-month trek on President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion social and environment package.

Biden has forcefully urged the world to cut down on fossil fuels. But as gas prices jump and Republicans seize on inflation, he is pushing to temporarily boost the oil supply.

Former conservative Republican U.S. Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri has died.

Republicans are stepping up efforts to derail Biden's domestic agenda, and ensuring political brinksmanship over the debt ceiling will heighten.

A U.S. Senate candidate in Missouri, Republican state Attorney General Eric Schmitt, is flexing the power of his office by filing a slew of lawsuits, including against Democratic cities and schools to stop mask mandates.

An innovative program to help people with mental health and substance abuse problems is being primed for a major expansion as the COVID-19 pandemic deepens struggles with drug use, depression and anxiety for many Americans.

His hand-wringing over the national debt is highly partisan and not serious. | Editorial

Democrats are renewing their push to enact their marquee elections bill.

Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran said there is too much spending and debt in the package, which senators are expected to pass on Tuesday.

The Senate has voted to award Congressional Gold Medals to the Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department for protecting Congress during the Jan. 6 insurrection, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden for his signature.

Senators negotiating two colossal bills that would deliver more than $4 trillion for infrastructure, health care, environment and other initiatives keep insisting both bills will be fully paid for.

Former Missouri governor Eric Greitens, forced from office in 2018, has hired several Trump associates for his campaign and has falsely suggested Trump could replace Biden before the next presidential election.

Senate Republicans have rejected an effort to begin debate on a bipartisan infrastructure deal that senators brokered with President Joe Biden.

"Republicans cannot be allowed to delay progress any longer," Elizabeth Warren told Insider, saying Democrats have "kept the door open" for months.

Low vaccination rates are driving COVID-19 case rates back up in parts of Missouri, Arkansas, Texas and Nevada.

The Iranian government has expressed anger over the appearance of senior European and U.S. politicians at a rally in support of an opposition group that has long sought to overthrow Iran’s theocratic rulers.

In Missouri, country voters apparently count more than city ones.

The debate over bipartisanship is coming to a head as a summer legislative flurry intensifies in Congress.

The donor class should go for some Roy Blunt quid pro quo on the Jan. 6 commission and the Senate filibuster, says Joe Manchin.

Not all Senate Democrats are up for Joe Biden's planned social programs or the methods to finance them, and Republicans hope to split the difference.

The Senate will take a key vote next week on a sweeping rewrite of voting and election law, setting up a dramatic test of Democratic unity on a top priority that Republicans are vowing to block.

A new poll showed that Biden's $4 trillion sweeping infrastructure plan drew two-thirds support among voters. Republicans are pushing to cut its size.

A Senate report examining security failures surrounding the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol blames missed intelligence, poor planning and multiple layers of bureaucracy for the deadly siege.

Asked about what surprised them the most in learning about the investigation, Democrat Senator Gary Peters said it was "the intelligence failure."

A Senate investigation of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has found a broad intelligence breakdown across multiple agencies, along with widespread law enforcement and military failures.

The bipartisan Senate report doesn’t include an investigation into former President Donald Trump’s actions on Jan. 6.

The bipartisan Senate report doesn’t include an investigation into former President Donald Trump’s actions on Jan. 6.

The bipartisan Senate report doesn’t include an investigation into former President Donald Trump’s actions on Jan. 6.

President Joe Biden is trying to break a logjam with Republicans on how to pay for infrastructure.

We understand why he couldn’t look Gladys Sicknick in the eye.

Republican senators praising Biden on infrastructure talks may have ulterior motives

Eleven senators missed the high-stakes Senate procedural vote Friday on legislation to form a bipartisan Jan. 6 commission to investigate the Capitol attack. The vote was initially anticipated for Thursday, but when it got bumped to the Friday before the long Memorial Day weekend, several senators opted to maintain their travel plans and left Washington before casting their vote. Patty Murray of Washington and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona – missed the Friday vote that started around 11:30 a.m. And nine Republicans were also absent from the chamber:  Sens.

Investigating the insurrection at the Capitol demands real leadership. History is watching.

How do you spend more than $43 on a single Royals ticket that sells for $14? That’s the math.

The Labor Department reported Friday that nonfarm payrolls increased by 916,000 in March, the highest since August 2020

Republican Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri on Sunday urged the Biden administration to cut the $2 trillion infrastructure plan to roughly $615 billion.

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson testified Wednesday that Michigan set an example of how voter reforms can result in successful elections during a U.S. Senate hearing on the For the People Act. Benson testified alongside three Democratic witnesses and two Republican witnesses on voter reforms and the 2020 presidential election. As a result, Benson said the number of people voting absentee in Michigan increased from 1.1 million in November 2016 to 3.3 million last year. Republican senators on the Committee on Rules and Administration expressed concerns about federal control over redistricting and voting rights. According to Blunt, of the 300 bills introduced in state legislatures, only two have been passed.

The race to replace Missouri Senator Roy Blunt Missouri Republican Senator Roy Blunt announced this week that he would not seek reelection in 2022. Jay Rosenbaum, a politics correspondent for St. Louis Public Radio, joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano to discuss the implications of the race to fill his seat.

Washington — Republican Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri announced Monday he won't seek reelection in 2022, becoming the fifth GOP senator to say he will retire after next year's midterm elections. 4 member of GOP Senate leadership as chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee, and was widely expected to seek reelection in 2022. Senators Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, Richard Shelby of Alabama, Rob Portman of Ohio and Richard Burr of North Carolina have all said they will decline to seek reelection for their seats. In February, Grassley said he expects to make a decision about whether he'll seek reelection "sometime in September, October or November" of this year. Blunt won reelection by less than three points in 2016, and GOP Senator Josh Hawley defeated incumbent Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill by six points two years later.