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Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe, at the Missouri State Fair this month, has called lawmakers to a special session to draw new voting lines sought by President Trump. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption toggle caption Charlie Riedel/AP Following President Trump’s request, Missouri Republicans are poised to redraw their state’s congressional lines to help maintain the GOP majority in the U.S. House. Gov. Mike Kehoe announced a special legislative session to draw a new voting map would start next Wednesday. The state is currently represented in Congress by six Republicans and two Democrats. New maps could redistrict voters in the Kansas City area…

Two decades after Hurricane Katrina, survivors can still describe in detail what they faced in the days after the storm devastated the Gulf Coast.In New Orleans, many initially thought they had escaped the worst, that is, until the storm surge overwhelmed the levees, breaking the city’s floodwalls. As the days went on, the situation became worse and worse.Hurricane Katrina led to nearly 1,400 deaths, displaced more than a million people and left hundreds of billions of dollars in damage across the Gulf Coast. While the recovery has varied, some people who made it back to New Orleans have found hope in…

Politics / August 29, 2025 New York State is a case study in Democrats’ failure to understand the evolving political landscape. Ad Policy People gather outside the Supreme Court as it hears arguments for the landmark gerrymandering case Rucho v. Common Cause.(Aurora Samperio / NurPhoto via Getty Images) Texas Republicans forced through a partisan redistricting map last weekend that should allow the GOP to gain an additional five seats in the House of Representatives during next year’s midterm election. The map gives the state’s white voters, who make up only 40 percent of Texas’s population, control of 73 percent of…

new video loaded: A Father Took His Daughters to School. Then Came the Gunshots.transcriptBacktranscriptA Father Took His Daughters to School. Then Came the Gunshots.Anders Holine was among the first parents to arrive at the scene of a mass shooting at a Minneapolis church on Wednesday. He spoke to The New York Times about what he witnessed as he went searching for his two daughters.My heart just, like, dropped, and I felt sick. I entered right after the police did. I think it was very chaotic. “Looks like you guys are on a team.” “Cool.” The doors opened, and kids started…

A federal appeals court said Friday that many of the sweeping tariffs imposed by President Trump on dozens of countries earlier this year are not legally permissible.The ruling will not immediately block the tariffs, but it marks a significant blow to Mr. Trump’s signature trade strategy.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a lower court decision that found many of Mr. Trump’s tariffs on foreign goods exceeded his power under federal economic emergency laws. However, the appellate judges vacated the lower court’s injunction blocking the tariffs altogether, directing the court to reevaluate whether universal relief is appropriate.The…

The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Friday that it found bones during a search operation in Washington state amid the manhunt for Travis Decker, the father accused of killing his three daughters before disappearing into the wilderness. The FBI said on Monday that it was conducting a two-day grid search near Rock Island Campground in Leavenworth, Washington, an area that has extremely heavy vegetation. Nearly 100 personnel members, including specialty search teams, took part in the search, the agency said. In an email Friday evening, FBI spokesperson Ted Halla confirmed to CBS News that some bones were collected earlier this week “around the…

President Trump has been focusing on some of the lesser-known conflicts in the world as peace remains elusive for Ukraine and Gaza. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: As he struggles to end war in Ukraine, President Trump has turned to boasting of reaching an ever-increasing number of peace agreements and ceasefires in other parts of the world.(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: We’ve stopped seven wars. And really the number is actually 10.SUMMERS: But NPR White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez says the reality of those peace agreements is not so black and white.FRANCO ORDOÑEZ, BYLINE: During the campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump would…

A federal judge on Friday blocked a Trump administration effort to expand fast-track deportations throughout the U.S. under a process known as expedited removal, indicating that officials are trampling on migrants’ due process through the policy’s expansion.While it will almost certainly be appealed, Friday’s order is a major setback for the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts, including its campaign to arrest asylum-seekers at immigration courthouses across the U.S. — an operation that has relied on the expansion of expedited removal.The ruling by U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb paused a January directive that had expanded the expedited removal policy — long…

In this moment of crisis, we need a unified, progressive opposition to Donald Trump.  We’re starting to see one take shape in the streets and at ballot boxes across the country: from New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s campaign focused on affordability, to communities protecting their neighbors from ICE, to the senators opposing arms shipments to Israel.  The Democratic Party has an urgent choice to make: Will it embrace a politics that is principled and popular, or will it continue to insist on losing elections with the out-of-touch elites and consultants that got us here?  At The Nation, we…

8/29: CBS Evening News – CBS News Watch CBS News Small businesses warn Trump’s import change will drive up prices; 9-year-old boy opens a “compliment stand” to boost people’s self esteem Source link