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Monday, August 17, 2026 – Missouri political news headlines

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POLITICO: Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly (D) starts countdown to 2028 presidential campaign; Midwest swing includes stop at Gates Bar-B-Q with departing Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (avoid POLITICO paywall by reading archived version here)

Washington Examiner: US investigating alleged China-linked funding of ‘pro-Hamas’ protests in UK: Jason Smith’s Ways and Means Committee investigating pro-communist dollars tied to Code Pink (avoid Washington Examiner paywall by reading archived version here)

KSHB (Kansas City): U.S. Rep. Mark Alford on Iran war and high gas prices: “The president needs to wrap this up though.”

This Week in Missouri Politics: Missouri Chamber of Commerce President Kara Corches; panel of Democratic strategist Chelsea Rodriguez, NT Daily Host Erin Schrimpf, Ellinger Bell’s Marc Ellinger and Palm Strategic’s Jonathan Ratliff

Missouri Independent: Missouri child abuse investigators are overwhelmed again as backlogs return

KC Star: Man tied to Kansas City Mafia, strip clubs is behind Missouri AG’s discrimination case; oppo file on Charles Cacioppo, Jr.

P-D: St. Louis planning chief apologizes for ‘confusion’ in data center debate (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Amazon’s Back to School Shop: Budget-friendly prices on school and college must-haves (note: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)

P-D’s Lynn Schmidt: With Wesley Bell’s re-election, Missouri Democrats showed the party how to resist its far left (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missouri Independent’s Jason Hancock: Missouri campaigns draw $75M in big donations, much of it from undisclosed donors

KC Star op-ed: Kansas City Building Trades’ Ralph Oropeza: Kansas City, don’t get left out of the data center construction boom

JCNT letter: Lohman sexagenarian mocks Sen. Schmitt and staff for National Science Foundation press release

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.)

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