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One of the changes made on the Senate side includes removing almost $15 million toward improving the Missouri Capitol. -
Filmmaker María Luisa Santos discusses her short film, Endlings, premiering at this year's True/False Film Fest. -
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President Donald Trump launched "major combat operations" in Iran without asking for approval from Congress. -
ESG will perform in Missouri for the first time since its formation as part of The Blue Note Dance Party during True/False Film Fest. -
Filmmaker Jeremy Workman discusses his film School for Defectors, premiering at this year's True/False Film Fest.
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Sydney Peterson is among the U.S. athletes heading to the 2026 Winter Paralympics. A neuroscientist in training, Peterson is studying movement disorders, similar to her own condition. -
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The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE and Border Patrol, is using a broad web of surveillance tools — purchased as its budget has ballooned under this administration — to monitor, apprehend and intimidate the people it seeks to deport and the U.S. citizens critical of its policies.
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