President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani insisted there was “nothing wrong” with the president’s 2016 campaign taking information from the Russians, as House Democrats pledged stepped-up investigations into campaign misconduct and possible crimes of obstruction detailed in special counsel Robert ...

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A former lawyer seeking a City Council seat in Kansas City would have advanced to April’s general election if a judge hadn’t disqualified him from Tuesday’s primary, according to contest results. The legal team for the nixed candidate, Michael Fletcher, now is pursuing emergency measures with the Missouri Supreme Court.

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It was unclear initially who was going to be mayor of Olympian Village, just east of De Soto. No candidates had filed for the office and there was a tie between two write-in candidates – current Mayor Larry D. Fodge ...

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Filing began at 8 a.m. Tuesday for the April 6 election. While some political entities had candidates waiting in line to register, others saw little action on the first day. The deadline to file for all offices is Jan. 19. ...

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Attorney Richard Wuestling IV has been elected to the 21st Circuit Judicial Commission. Wuestling, of Wuestling & James, narrowly inched ahead of Matthew Rossiter, of Rossiter & Boock, receiving 1,099 votes to Rossiter’s 1,068. The pair was facing off in ...

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There are many ways to think about Tuesday’s election, some of which are completely wrong. “The real story here is, I think, this thing is ambiguous,” White House adviser David Axelrod said. That’s true only if ambiguous is a synonym ...

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Jefferson County voters turned out Tuesday to support three bond issues on the ballot. Voters in the De Soto School District and the Hillsboro School District approved the no-tax increase bond issues necessary for them to participate in a bond ...

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When Republican candidates approached the end of September last year, very few of them saw good things to come in November. Presidential GOP candidate John McCain had left the Minneapolis convention, with a bump in the polls on Sept. 5. ...

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Keeping up with which Jefferson County circuit judge will determine whether Crystal City’s Ward 1 election should be held again is like the old comedy sketch “Who’s On First?” For the fourth time in as many weeks, a new circuit ...

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