Sen. McCaskill

WASHINGTON — Internet scammers beware. Claire McCaskill’s on a tear.

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., is “absolutely in a rage” about an Internet scam that bilked her mother while she was online shopping, according to a Senate colleague.

During a committee hearing…

McCaskill meets with Lance Cpl. Josef Lopez, center, and his mother

WASHINGTON — When U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Josef Lopez returned to his Missouri home three years ago in a wheelchair, the result of spinal damage caused by an adverse reaction to a…

Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., sporting a Mizzou logo courtesy of Sen. Claire McCaskill

WASHINGTON - The morning of tonight’s showdown between the No. 21 Nebraska and No. 24 Missouri college football teams, Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., learned that turnabout is fair play when…

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…

JEFFERSON CITY — State Auditor Susan Montee has a new spokesman but he’s not new to the office.

Glenn Campbell is back in state government, working as director of public affairs for Montee.

For a decade, Campbell was press secretary to…

Claire McCaskill

WASHINGTON — The plot thickens for the government-backed bankruptcies of General Motors and Chrysler and the questions surrounding Washington’s new role in the industry grow tougher.

What has been a whirlwind restructuring for the two former auto giants slowed Wednesday afternoon as the…

President Obama

WASHINGTON — Reading comments on this blog and others, you’d think that President Barack Obama has some serious problems with the people who elected him.

Not the case, assorted polls show, including a new one today by Public Opinion Strategies (John McCain’s polling company) showing…

Claire McCaskill

WASHINGTON — There is a reason Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., is known as a twitter-queen of Congress.

Since joining the micro-blogging website, McCaskill has been named second only to Karl Rove as most influential Washington tweeter by Politico. She has more…

Claire McCaskill

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., held a townhall meeting this morning in the St. Charles Community College gymnasium. On stage, she pulled questions written by the audience from a giant fishbowl, addressing criminal justice reform, gun rights, economic deregulation, illegal immigration…

WASHINGTON — You might expect gay marriage to be the law of the land in California, which was the case until Prop. 8 said no.

Same for liberal Massachusetts and Connecticut, where the gay rights movement is potent and a couple doesn’t have to be…