The House has approved a spending bill to end a short-lived partial government shutdown. Now lawmakers will begin contentious negotiations over new guardrails for immigration enforcement.
On this edition of the show we talk with Allie Bruner, Director of SEMO's Autism Center; Dr. Samantha Siemers shares how the university's Department of Agriculture sets students up for success and Christy Mershon drops by with an update from Continuing Education.
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Charles Friend was born about 1718 and died in 1814, buried in the Friend’s Hill Cemetery at Oran, Scott County, Missouri.
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In South Africa, paleontology has been dominated by white people. Lazarus Kgasi is changing that dynamic — and coloring in the picture of the world our distant ancestors once inhabited.
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How old is too old for a 30-year mortgage? It's just one of a number of questions that older Americans face when they are looking to buy a home later in life.
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The partial government shutdown has ended. Now, lawmakers come to a more difficult task: how to find bipartisan agreement on changes to immigration enforcement.
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Lawmakers have a little over a week to negotiate changes to federal immigration enforcement. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., talks about what's next and what Democrats are looking to accomplish.
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Peter Mandelson, the United Kingdom's former ambassador to Washington, is being investigated over claims he leaked sensitive government information to Jeffrey Epstein.
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The White House's trade policy has "opened the door to corruption," according to a letter from Ron Wyden and Chris Van Hollen.
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They are the latest Palestinians in Gaza to die since a ceasefire deal, which has been punctuated by deadly Israeli strikes, came into effect on Oct. 10, 2025.
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On this episode of 'Exposition', we speak with Michael Lomeka, the Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre and Commercial Dance for the Dobbins Conservatory of Theatre & Dance. He previews the upcoming 'Winter Dance Collection' performance, which runs at the Southeast River Campus from February 5th through 7th at 7:30 p.m. and on February 8th at 2 p.m. in the Bedell Performance Hall.
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