WASHINGTON — Alone in Missouri, and also among the southern Illinois congressional delegation, Rep. Todd Akin voted against the farm bill on Wednesday.

The Missouri Republican says it was a tough choice, but fiscal considerations demanded it.

The bill amounted to about $300 billion,…

WASHINGTON — The second-biggest union in the country, the Service Employees International Union, with 1.9 million members, endorsed Barack Obama for president on Friday. In a conference call with reporters, SEIU President Andy Stern and Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger said that the union’s…

WASHINGTON — Missouri went to Hillary Clinton. And that was a big blow to Barack Obama, who needed a boost from the nation’s ultimate bellwether state, one that is almost always right in choosing a national winner and, more importantly,…