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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken following his talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and top Chinese officials in Beijing.

Five of the six conservatives spent much of their lives in the Beltway, working in the White House and Justice Department, seeing their administrations as targets of unfair harassment by Democrats.

According to the U.S. Census data’s 2021 American Community Survey, immigrant households in the St. Louis region earned nearly $6 billion in total income, and held over $4 billion in spending power. St. Louis University demographer Ness Sandoval says immigrants are making a small but meaningful contribution to the vibrancy of the area’s economy, but there is more work that needs to be done to attract more immigrants.

A majority of justices appeared skeptical of granting a president blanket immunity from prosecution for criminal acts, but it is unclear whether the court would act swiftly to resolve the case.

The public meetings this week are meant to kick off the yearlong environmental review process and come after some of the initial design and engineering work that’s already been completed.

In fiscal year 2025, the district will reduce its expenditures by about $266,000 due to staff attrition and some students not being placed in out-of-district programs.

Webster University saw annual revenue drop by more than $5 million during the 2021-22 school year. Chancellor Beth Stroble received nearly $1 million in compensation, including at $174,702 bonus, before announcing her retirement.

Asked why Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher didn’t recuse himself from the start, or at least when subpoena requests started showing up to his office, one of his attorneys said Plocher recused himself “when it mattered.”

The annual “State of the Air” report from the American Lung Association shows some progress for the region and the nation in smog reduction but reports that particulate pollution levels are deadly.

The Senate begins work Tuesday on Missouri’s roughly $50 billion state budget, with questions still swirling around renewing a tax that funds Medicaid and a GOP infighting that could derail the process.

Last month, the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority Board first brought up the possibility of a blighting study and redevelopment plan, but the board voted to table that item as the draft of the study wasn’t complete.

Missouri counties told state lawmakers that they needed more information when it comes to putting the freeze in place. Some revisions were made this year, but some lawmakers contend that it will take a third try to get the program right.