A Missouri Hospital Association study of the American Health Care Act found that the Republican health care bill leaves Missouri and 18 other states that didn’t expand Medicaid short of federal money and continuing to feel the strain of uncompensated care.

Social media is lapping up a video clip of U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill unloading Thursday about “a group of guys in a back room somewhere” shaping the Republicans’ proposed replacement of Obamacare without Democratic input.

WASHINGTON — While the nation was transfixed Thursday by the ongoing battle between former FBI director James Comey and President Trump, it was not the day’s only political sparring in the nation’s capital.

Many of us tuned in to watch yesterday’s Senate Intelligence Committee hearing with former FBI Director James Comey’s sworn testimony, but around the same time, there were a few fireworks in a lower-profile hearing in the same building.

President Donald Trump has approved federal disaster assistance for Missouri following historic floods in several counties from April 28 through May 11.

We made a commitment as a nation to care for those who have served in our military. We recently took a step to ensure that promise is kept.

In January 2013, Sgt. Joe Schicker was Missouri’s hero. A member of the Missouri National Guard, he had been injured while deployed in Afghanistan. When he returned to Missouri, none other than Gov. Jay Nixon pinned the Purple Heart on Schicker’s battle fatigues. Then Schicker stood in the House gallery in his dress blues as Nixon gave his annual State of the State address and received a standing ovation from state lawmakers.

The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) internal watchdog is reviewing whether the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is doing enough to clamp down on illegal opioid distribution. 

On May 24^th the U.S. Senate approved a bipartisan bill led by Senator Claire McCaskill and Republican Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas to protect Missouri’s agriculture industry by addressing the threat of agro-terrorism and mitigating the risks to food put on tables across the country.

ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – Senator Claire McCaskill has a “secret shopper” program for Missouri veterans to give feedback on experiences at Veterans Affairs hospitals.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV.com) - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill announced the results of patient satisfaction surveys at Veterans Affair hospitals and clinics in St. Louis on Friday. She said, after years of patient complaints, the surveys show care is steadily improving.

President Trump, with his well-crafted disrupter reputation, potentially could disrupt one self-funding service Americans directly use almost every day — mail delivery.

ST. LOUIS • Recent changes to the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System have driven an increase in satisfaction with the region’s VA hospitals, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said Friday at a news conference in Forest Park.

U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (R-Missouri) and Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) want the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, instead of the EPA, to be in charge of stopping environmental damage at West Lake Landfill. They have reintroduced a bipartisan bill that would require the change. Representatives Lacy Clay (D-Missouri) and Ann Wagner (R-Missouri) have also introduced bipartisan companion legislation in the U.S. House.

A new proposal from Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch could give the state more time to address its growing problem with ozone pollution.

The House swiftly passed a bill designed to ease regulatory requirements for farmers   and public health officials who spray pesticides over water bodies, putting it on   track to reverse a 2009 court opinion that has angered the pest control community   for years. But the bill’s Senate prospects remain uncertain.

The Turkish government must waive diplomatic immunity for individuals involved in a clash with police and protesters earlier this month, a bipartisan group of senators wrote in a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson earlier this week, or else face rescinded visas and revoked diplomatic credentials.

CARL JUNCTION, Mo. — Dallas Elliston, of Carl Junction, has been accepted to the U.S. Naval Academy, the office of Sen. Claire McCaskill recently announced.

When Senator Claire McCaskill first joined the Jackson County prosecutors office more than 20 years ago, she handled arson cases in Kansas City.  As top-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committees, she’s  backing legislation to extend funding for grant programs benefiting local firefighters and emergency responders.