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Washington Times: Tim Tebow to Josh Hawley – How GOP’s immigration enforcement bill came to include major funding to combat child exploitation

The Hill: House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith says Congress ‘needs to get their act together’ on Social Security ahead of deadline

KZRG (Joplin): U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison on data centers and UFOs

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: Burlison on Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and the FBI; Federal Reserve and digital currencies; and Trump renegotiating the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)

Midwest Newsroom’s nonbinary content creator Steph Conquest-Ware (they/them), via KCUR: Help us report on third-country deportations of illegal aliens in Missouri

KC Star: Missouri set to use revamped map in August primary despite legal chaos (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): ‘It’s going to be incredible,’ Kehoe says of World Cup

KMIZ (Columbia): Kehoe sees World Cup as opportunity to show off Missouri on global stage

Amazon: FIFA World Cup Team USA apparel for men, women and kids (note: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)

TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City steals English National Team gear ahead of World Cup

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis County Executive Sam Page to go on trial in January over 2025 campaign materials

TonysKansasCity.com: Platte County pizza party exposes Missouri Dem scheme: Ashley Aune and other Dems “openly boosting RINOs”

Instagram reel (Jan. 2025): The Get Along Gang! Featuring the Ashley Aune Caboose, leader Jon Patterson, hype man Chad Perkins, prankster Justin Sparks, logical Dirk Deaton, and lean machine Alex Riley!

Combest, Jefferson City News Tribune, May 2026: Clipping and the consultant industry: Can you visualize “a distant creepshot — through office window blinds — of female lawmakers drinking and swaying their hips on the Capitol steps?”

Amazon.com: John Combest: Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks – available in paperback and Amazon Kindle (note: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)

93.9 The Eagle (Columbia): Wake Up Missouri: Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Cindy O’Laughlin (R-Shelbina) talks upcoming ballot initiatives

KOAM-TV (Joplin): State Sen. Jill Carter (R-Granby) and state Rep. Cathy Jo Loy (R-Carthage) speak at Carthage Chamber of Commerce’s legislative wrap-up

JCNT: Governor signs wide-ranging public safety bill into law

JCNT: House Speaker-Elect Alex Riley selects Rep. Don Owen (R-Springfield) to head budget committee

KSGF (Springfield): Mornings with Nick Reed: Rep. Darin Chappell (R-Rogersville) on State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick’s warning about state budget

Missouri Independent: Missouri vape recall exposes dispute over cannabis testing rules

Stateline, via Missouri Independent: Missouri’s Catherine Hanaway, other Republican attorneys general urge EPA to classify mifepristone as water contaminant

St. Louis Business Journal: Judge rejects lawsuit challenging Missouri law that returned control of St. Louis police to state

St. Louis Public Radio: Cole County judge rejects Megan Green’s challenge to state takeover of St. Louis police

Spectrum News: Judge rejects legal challenge to state takeover of St. Louis police

KMOV (St. Louis): Judge dismisses St. Louis board president’s lawsuit over state control of police; comments from AG Catherine Hanaway

JCNT: Missouri cattlemen dodge worst impacts of fertilizer price spikes

P-D: Ousted St. Louis sheriff wrongly fired workers, whom he called ‘racist gang,’ suits say (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

NY Post editorial: Why are some Republicans pushing price-hiking, pro-union bills in Congress?

Columbia Missourian letter: Missouri Democratic Party State Committee member Karen Sicheneder: Budget crisis is predictable result of tax cuts by Missouri Republicans

Yesterday’s (Friday, June 12, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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