WASHINGTON — When New Jersey and Virginia voters elected non-incumbent Republicans in last week’s gubernatorial races, the GOP trumpeted the results as a turning tide.

A new poll by the Pew Research Center — a non-partisan, Washington-based think tank — suggests that Republicans might…

Bond with Daily Show host Jon Stewart

WASHINGTON — Jon Stewart is the often-combative, liberal-leaning host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show.”

Christopher “Kit” Bond is the senior senator and strong conservative from Missouri.

Put them in the ring (OK, the television studio) together and…

Callahan

JEFFERSON CITY — President Barack Obama today announced the long-anticipated nomination of Richard Callahan to be the next U.S. attorney in eastern Missouri.

Callahan has been a judge on the Cole County Circuit Court since 2002. Before that, he spent 30…

President Obama

WASHINGTON — Speaking so Americans can understand what’s being said may not seem like a significant goal.

But given confusion, skepticism and downright hostility toward his health-care reform proposals, speaking clearly about what’s at stake for people is precisely what President Barack Obama hopes…

President Barack Obama departed from Lambert St. Louis International Airport on Air Force One about 9:20 and Interstate 70, closed briefly for his motorcade from the stadium, reopened.

Obama and baseball great Willie Mays

BRIDGETON — The night’s starting pitcher, President Barack Obama, landed shortly before 5:30 p.m. at an auxiliary runway near  Lambert St. Louis International Airport.

The president, scheduled to throw out tonight’s ceremonial first pitch at the…

JEFFERSON CITY — Two Missouri state representatives today attended meetings conducted by Orly Taitz in which the California dentist questioned the validity of the presidency of Barack Obama.

Taitz alleges that Obama’s birth certificate is illegitimate, and even if it’s not,…

Rep. John Shimkus

WASHINGTON — On Capitol Hill, Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill., and green lawmakers like Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., aren’t exactly peas and carrots on environmental issues — in fact, they’re more like oil and water.

Matsui believes in global warming.…

JEFFERSON CITY — Carl Bearden might get more hot air than he expected tonight.

The former state lawmaker and director of Missouri’s chapter of Americans for Prosperity — a political group espousing small government and individual economic freedom — is kicking…

Nader

WASHINGTON — Long-time consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader this afternoon joined the dissenters questioning the government-backed bankruptcy of General Motors.

In an interview with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now, Nader criticized the White House for being secretive in handling GM’s bankruptcy…