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The Washington Post reports: Missouri’s attorney general has sued Starbucks, accusing it of engaging in discrimination with its diversity, equity and inclusion policies and alleging that such initiatives have made the coffee giant’s workforce “more female and less white.” The federal lawsuit filed by Andrew Bailey, a Republican, accuses Starbucks of engaging in “systemic racial, sexual, and sexual orientation discrimination” …

Kansas City’s NBC affiliate reports: A group of Christian counselors and Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey have filed a lawsuit against the city of Kansas City and Jackson County over their conversion-therapy bans. In 2023, the Jackson County Legislature passed an ordinance banning the practice. The city of Kansas City banned conversion therapy in 2019, an effort led by KCMO …

Axios reports: Chemistry with Trump is a huge factor in the most controversial picks. “These are people that get him and understand him,” a longtime Trump confidant told us. “Last time, there were lots of people who didn’t understand the vision or buy into the vision.” Another transition source tells us Patel was close to being named deputy FBI director, …

NPR reports: A federal judge on Thursday struck down a Biden administration policy that aimed to ease a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens. The program, lauded as one of the biggest presidential actions to help immigrant families in years, allowed undocumented spouses and stepchildren of U.S. citizens to apply for a green …

Ars Technica reports: Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said he is investigating Google, claiming that the tech giant censors conservative speech and manipulated search results about Donald Trump. The New York Post quoted a Bailey spokesperson saying that “evidence has come to light that Google is deemphasizing conservative speech or content—such as putting conservative reporting on Page 11 rather than …

NBC News reports: The Supreme Court on Wednesday rebuffed a Biden administration plea seeking to revive the latest plan to tackle federal student loan debt. The court in a brief order denied an emergency request filed by the administration seeking to lift a nationwide injunction imposed by an appeals court. The Education Department issued a regulation finalizing its Saving on …

Raw Story reports: A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has temporarily blocked Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey in his attempt to investigate the liberal media watchdog group Media Matters for America. Bailey, a Republican, filed a suit to try to investigate Media Matters over reporting that criticized tech billionaire Elon Musk’s tolerance of extremism and hate speech on his X …

The Kansas City Star reports: Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey won the Republican primary for the office on Tuesday, fending off an aggressive challenger in a nasty battle that pitted two candidates with virtually identical politics against each other. Bailey, a former lawyer for Gov. Mike Parson, who appointed him to the office less than two years ago, stands on …

NBC News reports: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to intervene in a long-shot lawsuit brought by Missouri attempting to block legal proceedings in former President Donald Trump’s hush money case in New York. The court rejected Missouri’s bid to sue the state of New York, meaning the justices will not lift the gag order or delay sentencing in the …

Via press release from Missouri AG Andrew Bailey: Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed suit against the Biden Administration’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for failing in its legal obligation to fulfill a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request asking for documents and communications regarding the transportation of illegal immigrants into Missouri. “Once again, the Biden Administration is trying …

The Missouri Independent reports: A Clay County judge on Friday refused to reverse her order from earlier this month that Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey answer questions under oath about conversations with a local official that may have violated legal ethics rules. Judge Karen Krauser ordered Bailey to sit for a deposition after it was discovered he and a deputy …

Courthouse News reports: Seven GOP-dominated states filed a federal lawsuit in St. Louis against multiple Biden administration agencies Wednesday, in opposition to recent changes to the Affordable Care Act meant to protect transgender people from medical discrimination. Missouri, Utah, both Dakotas, Iowa, Idaho and Arkansas, joined by a conservative medical professional organization known as the American College of Pediatricians, filed …

Axios reports: Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to remove the gag order against Donald Trump and to delay the sentencing for Trump’s criminal conviction in New York until after the Nov. 5 election. The long-shot petition seeks to inject Missouri into Trump’s criminal case in New York by claiming that rulings by Judge Juan …

CNN reports: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the White House and federal agencies such as the FBI may continue to urge social media platforms to take down content the government views as misinformation, handing the Biden administration a technical if important election-year victory. Of immediate significance, the decision means that the Department of Homeland Security may continue to flag …

Axios reports: Missouri’s attorney general announced Thursday that he’s suing the state of New York for alleged election interference and wrongful prosecution over former President Trump’s hush money case. It marks the beginning of what’s expected to be the next wave of legal action after an N.Y. jury found the presumptive Republican presidential nominee guilty of 34 felony counts of …

Courthouse News reports: Planned Parenthood traffics minors across states lines to obtain secret abortions, Missouri’s attorney general claims in a lawsuit filed Thursday. Attorney General Andrew Bailey, a Republican, filed the suit in Boone County circuit court seeking an order stopping the actions. Bailey claims in the complaint to have video of Planned Parenthood staff members acknowledging they take minors …

From the office of GOP Missouri AG Andrew Bailey: Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey put Media Matters for America on notice that his office has launched an investigation into its allegedly fraudulent solicitation of donations from Missourians amidst its efforts to target X, formerly known as Twitter. “We have reason to believe Media Matters used fraud to solicit donations …

The Missouri Independent reports: Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey this week joined with 18 other states to oppose a proposed federal rule that aims to protect LGBTQ youth in foster care and provide them with necessary services. The attorneys general argue in a letter to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services that the proposed rule — which requires …

Bloomberg News reports: Elon Musk railed against “bogus” media reports accusing him of antisemitism, issuing his strongest response yet after endorsing antisemitic content in a post on X that provoked outrage and alienated advertisers like Apple Inc. The backlash erupted last week after the billionaire Tesla Inc. chief and X-owner agreed with a post that said Jewish people hold a …

Courthouse News reports: A coalition of three red states sued the Food and Drug Administration and Department of Health and Senior Services on Monday for approving the abortion pill mifepristone and allowing its sale and shipment to patients nationwide, including to states that have banned abortion. In their complaint, Republican attorneys general representing Missouri, Kansas and Idaho rely on what …