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Missouri Attorney General and Republican Senate candidate Eric Schmitt speaks to supporters on July 31 in Farmington, Mo.

Politics & Government

Schmitt wins Missouri GOP Senate primary, topping Hartzler, scandal-plagued Greitens

11:17pm August 02, 2022

by Jason Rosenbaum

Missouri Republicans picked Attorney General Eric Schmitt to advance in the state's unpredictable U.S. Senate race, a move that seems likely to keep the seat out of reach for Democrats.

Kansas state Rep. Stephanie Clayton, an abortion rights supporter who was a Republican and is now a Democrat, reacts as a referendum to strip abortion rights out of the state constitution fails.

Voters in Kansas decide to keep abortion legal in the state, rejecting an amendment

10:57pm August 02, 2022

by Dylan Lysen

In the first test of its kind since the Dobbs ruling, Kansas voters have decided not to amend the state constitution, keeping abortion legal in the state — for now.

Political signs for the state constitutional amendment vote on abortion rights in Kansas sit near each other in yards in Overland Park, Kan., July 16, 2022.

Abortion rights are on the ballot in Kansas

10:29pm August 02, 2022

by Dylan Lysen

The fate of abortion in Kansas could be in the hands of voters today. They'll decide whether the state constitution explicitly does not protect the right to an abortion.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) looks on Tuesday as Susan Zeier, mother-in-law of the late Sgt. First Class Heath Robinson, hugs Rosie Torres, wife of veteran Le Roy Torres, who suffers from illnesses related to his exposure to burn pits in

Politics & Government

The Senate passes help for veterans exposed to toxins, after a reversal drew fury

10:05pm August 02, 2022

by NPR Staff

The bill no longer would force generations of veterans to prove that their illness was caused by toxic exposures suffered in the military in order to get VA coverage.

Michigan Republican candidate for governor Tudor Dixon appears at a debate in Grand Rapids, Mich., Wednesday, July 6, 2022.

Tudor Dixon will face Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in Michigan race for governor

9:50pm August 02, 2022

by Colin Jackson (Michigan Public Radio Network)

Republican Tudor Dixon, who is an abortion rights opponent and is backed by former President Trump, will face Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in the Michigan race for governor in November.

Gov. Laura Kelly and Kansas AG Derek Schmidt to face one another in November

9:19pm August 02, 2022

by Acacia Squires

It will be a tight race between incumbent Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, and Kansas state Attorney General Derek Schmidt, a Republican, for leadership of the state in November.

Voters in Kansas are the first to decide on abortion post-Roe

8:35pm August 02, 2022

The question before voters in Kansas is whether to add an amendment to the state constitution that would say there is no right to an abortion there.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly speaks during a news conference, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan.

In Kansas, Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly may sail through primary, but not reelection

8:35pm August 02, 2022

by Acacia Squires

Incumbent Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, faces an uphill battle in the November election against her expected challenger, Republican Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt.

Michigan results stream in

8:23pm August 02, 2022

Incumbent Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is running unopposed, but there are five Republicans in the GOP primary for governor Tuesday.

In this photo released by the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walks with Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu as she arrives in Taipei, Taiwan, on Tuesday, despite threats from Beijing of serious consequences, becoming t

Pelosi has landed in Taiwan. Here's why that's a big deal

6:10pm August 02, 2022

by Barbara Sprunt

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is making an unannounced, but widely anticipated, stop in Taiwan. The move is expected to increase already heightened tensions between the U.S. and China.

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