Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is pursuing the extradition of a Mexican national who allegedly stabbed a 24-year-old woman to death in her Illinois apartment, and she is also taking aim at Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker as a result. The suspect, Gabriel P. Calixto, is charged with first-degree murder and domestic battery for allegedly killing Emma Shafer in Springfield, Illinois, in July 2023. Calixto was in the U.S....

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe is reportedly planning to call a special session to redraw the state’s congressional maps. On Friday, Kehoe told reporters he wasn’t ready to make a formal announcement. “When we’re ready to make that announcement, we’ll get it out there,” Kehoe said during a stop at the Missouri Soybean Association headquarters, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.  “There are a lot of moving puzzle pieces. We’re...