U.S. Senate

Lawmakers are already setting their sights on 34 Senate seats that will open up in 2024 — including Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley — indicating a busy election season.

Kunce chose the second anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection to make his announcement. Hawley received fierce criticism for his actions, from pumping his fist at in support of protesters before a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, to his decision to contest Biden's victory.

While Eric Schmitt was sworn in as Missouri’s new senator, members of the House failed to elect a speaker for the first time in a century.

The Republican senator is leaving public life after serving close to five decades in public office or academia. Blunt is spending some of his remaining weeks in office pointing out how working with his ideological opponents yielded results for Missouri and the nation.

Republican Roy Blunt, Missouri's senior senator, will leave office next month after serving in Washington, D.C. since 1997.

A bill that would enshrine recognition of same-sex and interracial marriage into law passed the U.S. Senate this week, with support from Republican Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt. That's despite a last minute plea from Missouri's Secretary of State to vote against the legislation.

The Senate has approved a bill to codify federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages by a 61-36 vote. Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley and Kansas Sens. Roger Marshall and Jerry Moran voted against the bill. It now heads back to the House where it is expected to be passed quickly.

The "Respect For Marriage Act" would ensure same-sex and interracial marriages will continue to be recognized regardless of future Supreme Court rulings. Sen. Roy Blunt and 11 other Republicans joined Democrats in a procedural vote, while Missouri's Sen. Josh Hawley and both Kansas senators voted no.

From the moment Schmitt entered Missouri politics, the Republican Party always called the shots. But that won’t be what he’ll encounter in the U.S. Senate, which will remain controlled by Democrats.

A Cole County judge ordered the Missouri Attorney General to pay $12,000 in penalties for violating the Missouri Sunshine Law when it failed to turn over public records that were potentially embarrassing to then-attorney general Josh Hawley.

Kelly joins 11 other female governors as women in Kansas and Missouri won offices at local, state and federal levels.

Hawley was calling for change within his party even before Election Day, telling reporters he was unlikely to support Sen. Mitch McConnell for another term as Senate Republican leader.