The Republican-led state of Missouri asked a judge to block the Justice Department (DOJ) from dispatching lawyers to St.

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft brought a lawsuit Monday against the Department of Justice, alleging it overstepped ...

LOUIS — UPDATE: A U.S. District judge denied Missouri ... on Election Day).” This is the second general election that Ashcroft has pushed back against DOJ election monitors in the state.

The Republican-led states of Missouri and Texas sued the US Justice Department on Monday to block the federal government from sending lawyers to their states on Election Day to monitor for ...