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A big opportunity awaits for St. Louis City SC in Wednesday's home match against the Vancouver Whitecaps FC.

The Historic Preservation Commission shot down Webster University's request to demolish the Luhr Library Building, a historic campus library that has been in the crosshairs for redevelopment.

Joni Mitchell is giving her classic song "Both Sides, Now" a new meaning after becoming a United States citizen.In a social media post on Tuesday, Mitchell shared a photo of…

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As the nation’s physician shortage worsens, some fear the Trump administration’s immigration policies will dissuade or prevent doctors who earned their medical degrees in foreign countries from practicing in the United States. Among all U.S. doctors, an estimated one quarter were educated abroad. But they make up an even larger proportion of physicians in many […]

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New York, Oct. 14, 2026 — Judge Timothy Kelly of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., delivered a decisive loss to President Trump for a second time yesterday evening, extending his previous order restraining the administration from barring CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House.

In an opinion that completely dismantled the administration’s justification for the ban, the court held that it violates not only the Fifth Amendment’s guarantee of due process, but also the First Amendment’s protections for freedom of speech and of the press. Kelly’s new preliminary injunction restrains administration officials from enforcing Trump’s decision to revoke the White House “hard pass” press credentials held by employees of the three news outlets.

The following can be attributed to Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) Senior Adviser for Advocacy Caitlin Vogus:

“This decision is a stinging defeat for Trump’s assault on the free press and a powerful vindication of the First Amendment. As Kelly rightly recognized, presidents don’t get to use their power to purge journalists because they don’t like what they report.

“Kelly saw right through the administration’s flimsy ‘national security’ excuse, in no small part because Trump himself has shown it’s a sham. The court’s opinion is littered with Trump’s own Truth Social posts ranting about using the ban to punish news outlets for coverage he doesn’t like.

“But this fight is far from over. We have every reason to expect the administration will appeal Kelly’s latest order and also continue to prevent CNN and Politico from participating in pool coverage of the president. Higher courts should reject this ban quickly and decisively. Trump must not be allowed to trample on fundamental First Amendment protections by handpicking his press corps or turning pool duties into a reward for favorable coverage.”

Read Judge Kelly’s full opinion here.

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Remember how the Trump administration — and folks like Brendan Carr — spent four straight years fear-mongering about China’s purported control over TikTok and its owner, ByteDance? And remember how the Trump administration (with incompetent Democratic lawmaker help) “fixed” the problem by offloading Tiktok to Trump’s billionaire buddies while still maintaining co-ownership with the Chinese? […]

WASHINGTON — A federal judge late Tuesday extended a block on a Trump administration ban of press passes for three news organizations, which will allow them to continue to enter the White House grounds while a legal challenge to the ban, including a Wednesday appeal filed by the administration, plays out. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly […]

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