President-elect Donald Trump tapped two Missouri members of the legal team for jobs in the new administration, naming D. John Sauer solicitor general and Will Scharf assistant to the president and White House staff secretary.

I was in eighth grade when Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016. I wore all black to school the next day and cried in class. My teachers told me to calm down. In the years since, my home state of Florida has transformed from a purple to a red state.

Missouri's political landscape is shifting right, with Republican gains in nearly all counties since 2008. Urban Democratic strongholds are eroding, while suburban areas show mixed trends. Explore the data.

Abortion rights have been a major issue in the 2022 midterm election and this year's election after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in the summer of 2022, which ended the U.S. constitutional right to abortion and left the issue up to the states.

The Associated Press projected passage of Amendment 3, an amendment that will enshrine abortion-rights protections in Missouri's constitution.

The Missouri Family Health Council says requests for emergency contraception kits rose from 17 a day to about 90.

Missouri voters on Tuesday approved a ballot measure aimed at banning ranked-choice voting in the state, Decision Desk HQ projects. The proposed amendment to the state constitution will bar

View live results of the Missouri presidential election. See maps of county-by-county presidential election results in the race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

Missouri voters are set to decide whether to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. A measure to end the state’s near-total abortion ban goes before voters Tuesday.

Mike Kehoe, who was appointed lieutenant governor in 2018, took an early lead Tuesday in the four-person race to become Missouri's 58th governor.

View results from the 2024 Missouri Senate election. Follow live outcomes and maps by district as votes are added up on Election Day.

After winning the governor's race, Missouri Republicans looked to sweep lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state and state treasurer.