By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder said Friday that he won't challenge freshman U.S. Rep. Jason Smith for a southeast Missouri congressional seat next year, relieving...

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt said Thursday there were no winners in a dispute that led to the 16-day partial shutdown of the federal government. Blunt was the lone Republican...

By ANDREW TAYLOR (WASHINGTON, AP) — The government reopened its doors Thursday after a battle-weary Congress approved a bipartisan measure to end a 16-day partial shutdown and avert the possibility...

By PHILIP ELLIOTT (WASHINGTON, AP) — College students taking out new loans for the fall term will see interest rates twice what they were in the spring — unless Congress fulfills its pledge to restore...