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The United States and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday with multiple airstrikes, with an Israeli airstrike killing Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei. President Trump has long called for regime change and decried the threat of Iran's nuclear capability.

U.S. Sens. Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt expect Missouri Republican-backed ballot issues will succeed even in a tough election year.

The Republican Missouri senator introduced bipartisan legislation that would require data centers to build their own power plants and would increase transparency around data center energy use.

Data centers used to fuel AI are popping up all over the U.S., and they're becoming a midterm issue for voters that's now drawing White House attention. Even Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri has pushed for more regulation.

Green card holder Owen Ramsingh has spent months in a U.S. detention center in El Paso, Texas, where at least three people have died in recent weeks. Columbia community groups have raised funds to support the family's move to The Netherlands.

While U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt is loudly supportive of the United States taking over Greenland and dismissive of the importance of the NATO alliance, his colleague U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley said he is not in favor of the move.

Hawley said that he will no longer support a war powers resolution over military action in Venezuela, after receiving assurances that there will be no U.S. ground troops deployed. President Trump blasted Hawley and other Republicans who backed the measure.

The GOP senator joined Democrats and four other Republicans in voting to halt Trump's ability for military action in Venezuela without congressional approval. In contrast, other Missouri Republicans like Sen. Eric Schmitt stood behind Trump's decisions.

Missouri's two U.S. senators have generally been wary of foreign interventionism, especially during Joe Biden's presidency. At least one, Eric Schmitt, is embracing Trump's invasion of Venezuela and deposition of president Nicolas Maduro.

A bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley to update the museum's designation has passed the U.S. Senate unanimously.

Congress is poised to leave for a scheduled holiday recess without a solution for addressing the expiration of enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace plans. "I do know the effect on people at home," Hawley told NPR after the Senate vote.

The executive order is the latest in a series of attempts by the Trump administration to hold back state-level AI rules. Experts say it's not legal, and many Republicans, including Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, are also uncomfortable with the effort.