WASHINGTON_Sen. Claire McCaskill thinks a takeover of Anheuser-Busch by InBev is a bad idea.

“And I’m going to take every opportunity I can to mouth about it,” she said this afternoon with a look on her face that dared anyone to tell her…

WASHINGTON–Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., has a “no” man. Her chief of staff, Sean Kennedy, a former longtime aide to ex-Rep. Richard Gephardt, is profiled in today’s issue of Politico, a Capitol Hill newspaper.The gist of the story: McCaskill is impulsive…

WASHINGTON–Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., is a garrulous politician who loves to joke about how her mouth “gets me in trouble.” But she was keeping it shut tight (trying, anyway) this morning at a meeting with Missouri reporters when she was…

WASHINGTON - The Senate’s hectic schedule has prompted Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., to find a new way to hear her constituent’s concerns.

McCaskill held a video teleconference on proposed Medicaid cuts with Kansas City area health care providers Wednesday morning. It’s…

WASHINGTON–Can’t make it to Washington to visit your U.S. senators? Well, you can at least check out their offices, which are mini-art galleries featuring Missouri works.

The artwork in Claire McCaskill’s Senate office is modern, loud, and splashy, featuring up-and-coming St.…

Sen. Claire McCaskill braved “The Colbert Report” last night, enduring the faux TV pundit’s ribbing about her gender and her presidential preference, among other things.

McCaskill, D-Mo., did not make an utter fool of herself on Comedy Central’s late-night news-parody show, as…

WASHINGTON–Forget “American Idol.” If you want good reality TV, tune in to Comedy Central next Wednesday night, when Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., will be a guest on the news-parody show, “The Colbert Report.”

Host and late-night comic Stephen Colbert is known for making politicians blush, squirm,…

WASHINGTON–Think you’ve got big plans for Memorial Day? You’ve got nothing on Reps. Russ Carnahan, D-St. Louis, and John Shimkus, R-Collinsville.

Both have signed up for European get-aways during next week’s Memorial Day recess (or “district work period,” as lawmakers…

WASHINGTON–Sen. Claire McCaskill slipped off her fiscal-discipline diet Thursday when she voted for the $300-billion-plus farm bill, which critics have blasted as a pork-laden boondoggle for well-to-do farmers, the biodiesel industry, timber interests, and other beneficiaries.But the Missouri Democrat and former state…

WASHINGTON—Joseph Shepard, husband of U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, enjoyed one of the perks of being a congressional spouse Monday: a White House luncheon with First Lady Laura Bush.

The menu was exquisite, if a bit dainty—including a salad of “young…