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)
Missouri Independent: Missouri child abuse investigators are overwhelmed again as backlogs return
P-D: St. Louis planning chief apologizes for ‘confusion’ in data center debate (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)
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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)
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.)