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Planned Parenthood refuses to hand over records of transgender procedures on children

Planned Parenthood in St. Louis, Missouri is appealing a judge’s ruling that required the clinic to hand over patient files exposing whether puberty blockers and transgender procedures were performed on children. The clinic filed the appeal in the 22nd Judicial Court in St. Louis on Friday, arguing that Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s civil investigative demand was “improperly issued” because …

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'Squad' member under DOJ investigation is still paying her husband with campaign funds, filings show

Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., paid her husband another $15,000 from her candidate committee this year even as she faces a Justice Department probe into her campaign spending, new filings show. The progressive “Squad” member’s campaign made two $2,500 wage payments to her spouse, Cortney Merritts, each month between January 1 and March 29, according to documents submitted to the Federal …

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Kids' gender clinic whistleblower tells Dr. Phil regretful patients begged to 'have body parts put back on'

A children’s gender clinic whistleblower on Thursday claimed to Dr. Phil that she saw regretful patients ask to have their removed body parts restored after operations. Jamie Reed, who worked at the Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, penned a lengthy tell-all exposé last year in which she called gender clinics for kids “morally and medically appalling.” …

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Missouri lawmakers vote to expand tax credit-backed private school scholarships

Missouri lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill to expand private school scholarships statewide, an effort made possible by extensive compromises including a commitment to spend hundreds of millions of dollars more on public schools. The GOP-led House voted with a bare-minimum margin of 82-69 to send the measure to Republican Gov. Mike Parson. If signed, it would offer up to …

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Missouri AG slams Kansas City mayor for welcoming Mayorkas' illegal immigrant parole program

EXCLUSIVE – Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is calling out Kansas City mayor Quinton Lucas after he announced that illegal immigrants would be welcome to come to the city and work under Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ illegal immigrant parole program. Bailey highlighted how the open border policies have real-world consequences in a letter to Mayor Lucas that was shared …

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Skeletal remains of Marine captain found in 'unexpected' place

New Jersey researchers recently announced that a U.S. Marine’s partial remains had been sitting in a child’s rock collection for an unknown number of years. According to officials, the story begins with the death of Marine Corps Captain Everett Leland Yager in July 1951. He was flying over Riverside County, California, when an accident occurred during a military training exercise. …

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'Squad' Democrat promotes 'peace' in Middle East as hometown ranks among worst for crime

“Squad” member Cori Bush called for “peace” and de-escalation in the Israel-Hamas war, as her hometown – St. Louis – recently ranked as the third “most dangerous” city in the United States. A report released earlier this month from real estate company Norada listed Rep. Bush’s hometown as the third “most dangerous” city in the United States after analyzing FBI …

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Springtime travel: 5 flower gardens across 5 time zones showcasing American beauty

The spectacular sights of springtime around the United States are in full bloom from coast to coast and across the ocean. Here’s a look at five of the best flower gardens in America across five U.S. time zones for your traveling pleasure. EASTERN: Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Sarasota, Florida Sunshine State beauty blossoms along the Florida coast at stunning Selby …

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Suburban St. Louis officer fatally shoots 18-year-old who killed man at gas station

A Ferguson, Missouri, police officer fired the fatal shot that killed a man at a gas station in the St. Louis suburb, police said Wednesday. JUDGE AWARDS $23.5 MILLION TO UNDERCOVER ST. LOUIS OFFICER BEATEN BY COLLEAGUES DURING PROTEST The shooting happened just before 1:30 a.m. Tuesday at a convenience store. Police said 26-year-old Detarius Haynes and 18-year-old Joshua Campbell …

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Draft report says Missouri's House speaker stymied ethics investigation into his spending

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri ethics panel is at an impasse over reported misconduct by the powerful state House speaker, who allegedly used his office to stymie an investigation into his actions. A draft of the Ethics Committee report recommended that the House formally denounce actions taken by Republican Speaker Dean Plocher that “substantially impair public confidence in …

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