Iran

As the ceasefire between Iran and Israel went into effect, U.S. Rep. Mark Alford, a Republican from Missouri, told KCUR that he backs President Trump's decision to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities. Alford's district includes Whiteman Air Force Base, where the bombers were launched.

As missile attacks intensified between Israel and Iran last week, a Kansas City-area nurse was providing aid in Jordan. She describes her experience in the country situated between two warring nations.

Roxanne Jones is a nurse with Global Care Force, an organization based in Lenexa that provides medical aid around the world. She returned Saturday to the United States from Jordan, a country located in between Israel and Iran, and witnessed missiles fly between the two nations.

Kansas and Missouri Republicans were quick to express their support for the attack, which came despite years of promises made by Trump to keep the U.S. out of conflict in the Middle East.

The attack marks a major escalation in the burgeoning war between Iran and Israel and came despite years of promises by President Trump to keep the U.S. from entering another Middle East conflict.

Iran's most fortified nuclear facility is buried deep inside a mountain. Only the U.S. has the 30,000-pound bombs — "bunker busters" — capable of reaching it. And that option revolves around Missouri's Whiteman Air Force Base.

Missouri lawmakers failed last session to pass legislation limiting further foreign ownership of farmland. Under Gov. Mike Parson said this executive order was the most he could do under current state law.

As protests in Iran move into their fourth month, these Iranian American women aren’t giving up. With every social media post, text, or WhatsApp call, they want to bring hope and liberation to Iranians back home and living abroad.