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A judge has blocked a private prison operator from housing immigrants facing possible deportation in a shuttered Kansas City area detention center unless it can get a permit from frustrated city officials. -
Campgrounds, boat ramps and other facilities in at least 30 locations at federal lakes and reservoirs in six states will be closed or have their hours curtailed as of mid-May. Those changes are coming as the Trump administration tries to rapidly shrink the U.S. government. Officials at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers say they are dealing with staffing shortages and other budgetary restrictions. Officials say the changes will protect hydropower and dam operations and concentrate staff in fewer recreational areas to allow those locations to keep full services. But a municipal official in one South Dakota town near a dam says there are better ways to cut spending. -
More than a thousand international students have had their visas revoked or their status ended, with their academic careers — and their lives in the U.S. — thrown into doubt in a widespread crackdown by the Trump administration. -
The University of Missouri said some students have had their visa records terminated. -
Officials from a Kansas City Planned Parenthood on Tuesday confirmed the first procedure has been performed since the state almost completely outlawed abortion in 2022. -
Scharf was a member of Trump’s legal team before joining his new administration as staff secretary. The job has traditionally involved managing the papers that cross the president’s desk. -
Among his first actions in office, new Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe is expected to issue a variety of orders targeting crime. The tone-setting move on Monday reflects a trend in the U.S. -
Republican state Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick on Tuesday released a scathing report on Democrat Kim Gardner, who was elected as the city’s first Black circuit attorney in 2016. -
The final U.S. Figure Skating Championships before the 2026 Milan Olympics will take place in St. Louis. -
The law will increase the state's minimum wage from the current $12.30 an hour to $13.75 in January and $15 in 2026. It gives workers up to seven paid sick days per year starting in May.
