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... "The participation of the Fox hosts in a political rally struck even executives at the network as inappropriate. “Fox News does not condone any talent participating in campaign events,” the network said in a statement on Tuesday. “We have an extraordinary team of journalists helming our coverage tonight, and we are extremely proud of their work. This was an unfortunate distraction and has been addressed.” ...

If the volume of early and absentee voting is any indication of voter interest in this election, polling places in the counties in the suburbs of St. Louis, Mo., will be packed Tuesday. Rich Chrismer, the long-time elections director in St. Charles County, said Monday his team had already seen 11,000 walk-in voters compared to the typical 2,000. Mail-in absentee ballots, he said, were also way up. "It almost looks like a presidential election," said Mr. Chrismer, who said voters in his county were motivated by the battle over the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the tight race...

President Donald Trump stepped away from his microphone and remained silent except to urge calm and prayers Monday after a woman fainted at a rally in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. His supporters responded by singing "Amazing Grace" and many are now praising him for the tender moment. "That's one of our great people right there. Take your time," Trump urged as the woman suffering the medical emergency was treated by first responders in an 8-minute video of the moment posted on YouTube. As they waited to see the outcome of the emergency, some people yelled support for the president as well...

U.S. President Donald Trump paused one of his typically raucous rallies as the crowd broke into song while an elderly woman received treatment following a collapse at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. on Monday night.

Fox News hosts Sean Hannity and Jeanine Pirro joined President Trump on stage at his final campaign rally of the midterms, singing the president's praises and urging attendees to vote Republican. "I have a few people that are right out here, and they’re very special," Trump said, teasing their appearances. "They’ve done an incredible job for us. They’ve been with us from the beginning, also." Trump, who has a well-known penchant for Fox News programming, proceeded to call Hannity on stage, even though the Fox News host tweeted earlier in the day that he "will not be on stage campaigning...

RUSH: Thank you all! CROWD: (cheering and applause) RUSH: Thank you all very much. CROWD: (cheering and applause) RUSH: What an honor! CROWD: (cheering and applause) RUSH: What an honor. This is so exciting. I have been watching Trump rallies from the very first one. And to be part of one, folks, I’ll tell you, it is the night of a lifetime. You all are so great. It is electric in here, folks. You people at home, this is unreal! CROWD: (wild cheering and applause) (chanting) U! S! A! RUSH: You know what? I am so hoping that in a...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO. — President Trump on Monday paused his campaign rally in Missouri for roughly 10 minutes after an elderly woman in the crowd collapsed and required medical attention. Trump was recounting his presidential victory of two years ago and chiding Hillary Clinton for calling some of the president's supporters "deplorables" when something appeared to catch his eye in the crowd. "Is there a doctor in the house, please? Doctor? Please. Thank you," Trump said, pointing toward the crowd gathered on the floor of the Show Me Center. The president urged medical staff that converged on the woman to...

RUSH: Oh, man, my friends, I am so excited to be here today. I’m so excited to be here each and every day, but really, really excited to be here this week. It’s gonna be big. It’s not known what’s going to happen. We’re gonna go through some of the audio sound bites today of people who’ve been doing the polls all up to now. The day before the election, they are covering themselves by saying, “We don’t really know.” So what did all these polls mean last week, then? And what did they mean last month? And what did...

Trump's campaign had announced the Fox News host as a "special guest" at a Monday night rally. Fox News host Sean Hannity "will not be on stage campaigning with the president" at a rally on Monday night, a day after Donald Trump's re-election campaign announced him as a "special guest," along with radio host Rush Limbaugh. On Monday, Hannity cleared up the confusion on Twitter: "In spite of reports, I will be doing a live show from Cape Girardeau and interviewing President Trump before the rally. To be clear, I will not be on stage campaigning with the President. I...

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Mika, Mika, Mika. Of all the politicians to be "obsessed" with, Claire McCaskill? Really? Yup. On today's Morning Joe, reacting to some recent polls showing positive movement for the Missouri Dem, Brzezinski openly rooted: "come on, Claire!" A bit later, Mika gave free rein to her amour-McCaskill, saying "I'm obsessed with her. I love her."Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

COLUMBIA (AP) — Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill has approvingly evoked former President Ronald Reagan. She said she would back President Donald Trump if he stopped a migrant caravan at the border. And speaking on Fox News, she has decried "crazy Democrats." What is the Democratic senator up to? The vulnerable incumbent is appealing to the right in a bid to win a third term in a state that Trump won by 19 percentage points in 2016. She's betting a more centrist message will resonate with independents and moderate Republican voters she desperately needs to beat Republican challenger Josh Hawley, who...

Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity will join President Trump at a rally on the eve of this week's midterm elections, the Trump campaign announced Sunday. The two conservative media personalities will join Trump for a rally Monday night in Cape Girardeau, Mo. The campaign noted in a statement that Hannity and Limbaugh are "longtime friends" of Trump and "strong advocates for the President's America First agenda." "We're glad to welcome Cape Girardeau native Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity as special guests to this final stop on the tour where President Trump will make his case to the American people to...

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Standing in an airplane hangar in the mid-autumn chill awaiting the arrival of President Trump, Joan Philpott said she was angry and scared. Only Mr. Trump, she said, can solve the problems she worries most about. “He wants to protect this country, and he wants to keep it safe, and he wants to keep it free of invaders and the caravan and everything else that’s going on,” said Ms. Philpott, 69, a retired respiratory therapist. Ms. Philpott was one of thousands of women who braved a drizzle for hours to have the chance to cheer Mr. Trump...

Red-state Democrats are touting their border security bona fides as President Trump hammers the issue in the final week of the midterm election. Democrats — hoping to eek out wins in states where Trump triumphed in 2016—have focused on their ability to work with the administration on the border, even as the president and their GOP opponents try to paint them as obstructionists on immigration. Immigration has emerged as an explosive, and deeply divisive, issue in the Trump era. The president is barnstorming key Senate states this week, accusing Democrats of supporting “open borders, socialism, and crime.” And he released...

Josh Hawley, the Republican candidate for Senate in Missouri, on Saturday, demanded an FBI probe of a dirty-tricks campaign mailer that wrongly accuses him of opposing gun rights. The mailers urge voters to back a Libertarian or Independent voter over Mr. Hawley and do not include required disclaimers identifying who paid for them. “Voters telling me about fake & illegal mailers pro-Dem group is putting out. There should be an FBI investigation,” Mr. Hawley, the state attorney general, wrote on Twitter. He called for Democrat incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill to cooperate in a probe.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MO – A Vice Principal is assaulted in a video that is spreading like wildfire on social media. According to authorities, the brawl began when a staff member tried to break up a fight between three students. We are told St. Louis County Police took a 15-year-old and two 16-year-old students into custody. ... students laughing as the fight broke out and chaos erupted in the cafeteria at Oakville High School. Fox 2 was told the students tackled the assistant principal to the ground before pulling and kicking him on Monday. The attack prompting district officials to...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) -If you’re waiting in line at the Show Me Center on Monday, there’s a chance you’ll be standing outside all day.

Emily West, whose father is a Republican candidate for the Missouri State House, is telling voters not to support her dad on Election Day, according to The Kansas City Star. “I can’t imagine him being in any level of government,” she told the newspaper, referring to Steve West, 64, on Monday. Steve West made headlines over the summer for previous anti-Semitic, racist and homophobic comments he made online that came to light, including one in which he said “Hitler was right” about who was “behind” the events taking place in Germany before World War II. “A lot of his views...