Annie Gowen

Kansas

National Correspondent at The Washington Post

National correspondent covering the Midwest and rural America for The Washington Post. Former India Bureau Chief, 2013-2018.

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Missouri clinics halt abortions after latest court ruling

1 week ago | spokesman.com | Annie Gowen

Planned Parenthood officials say they have halted abortions in Missouri after the state Supreme Court ruled that a judge must reevaluate orders that had allowed the procedure to resume earlier this year. In a two-page directive Tuesday, the court said Judge Jerri J.
Missouri clinics halt abortions after latest court ruling

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Annie Gowen

Missouri clinics halt abortions after latest court ruling (washingtonpost.com) Missouri clinics halt abortions after latest court ruling By Annie Gowen 2025052817554000 Planned Parenthood officials say they have halted abortions in Missouri after the state Supreme Court ruled that a judge must reevaluate orders that had allowed the procedure to resume earlier this year. In a two-page directive Tuesday, the court said Judge Jerri J.
Missouri voters to be asked to undo abortion protections passed last year

1 week ago | spokesman.com | Annie Gowen

CORRECTION: A previous version of this article incorrectly said that the new abortion referendum would allow abortions up to 12 weeks gestation. If the ballot measure passes, abortions would be permitted only in the case of medical emergency, fetal anomaly, rape or incest. In the case of rape or incest, the procedure could be done only up until 12 weeks gestation.
E.U. says it will fast-track tariff talks with U.S. after Trump threat

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Annie Gowen

E.U. says it will fast-track tariff talks with U.S. after Trump threat (washingtonpost.com) E.U. says it will fast-track tariff talks with U.S. after Trump threat By Annie Gowen 2025052617591900 E.U. officials said they would speed up trade talks with the United States on Monday, just days after President Donald Trump claimed the nations were dragging their feet in negotiations.
Couple were living out their dreams before D.C. Jewish museum shooting

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff |Jasmine Hilton |Annie Gowen

Couple were living out their dreams before D.C. Jewish museum shooting (washingtonpost.com) Couple were living out their dreams before D.C. Jewish museum shooting By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff; Jasmine Hilton; Annie Gowen 2025052217081400 Yaron Lischinsky was a photographer who played soccer and had long wanted to be a diplomat. Sarah Lynn Milgrim was an environmentalist who tried to forge relationships to bring peace.
A third-generation farmer was barely getting by. Then Trump’s cuts hit.

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Annie Gowen |Ricky Carioti

May 21, 2025 at 6:00 a.m. EDTJust nowLEAVENWORTH, Kan. In the dawn light at his first farmers market ofthe year, vegetable grower Jacob Thomas set out lush Bibb lettuce he’d cut just hours before, plump stalks of green and purple asparagus and coolers with 60 dozenblue and brown-speckled eggs. Soon the downtown market would fill with customers he hadn’t seen since fall, when he and his wife, Jennifer, were making ambitious plans for the future. So much now depended on these customers.
A third-generation farmer was barely getting by. Then Trump’s cuts hit.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Annie Gowen |Ricky Carioti

1 hour agoDiseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months agoTo accomplish its mission of increasing the health security of the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that it "conducts critical science and provides health information" to protect the nation.
Missouri voters to be asked to undo abortion protections passed last year

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Annie Gowen

Missouri voters to be asked to undo abortion protections passed last year (washingtonpost.com) Missouri voters to be asked to undo abortion protections passed last year By Annie Gowen 2025051423470700 The Missouri Senate approved a proposal late Wednesday that will place a restrictive abortion referendum on the ballot probably next year, imperiling state constitutional protections for the procedure passed just six months ago.
Marco Rubio said he’d protect lifesaving aid overseas. DOGE disagreed.

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Annie Gowen

Marco Rubio said he’d protect lifesaving aid overseas. DOGE disagreed. (washingtonpost.com) Marco Rubio said he’d protect lifesaving aid overseas. DOGE disagreed.
Outside a Social Security Office, Fear, Lines and Misinformation

2 months ago | rsn.org | Annie Gowen

Retirees are flocking to the agency’s office in Des Moines, mistakenly thinking they have to prove their identity anew or their checks will stop. They began lining up two hours before the Social Security office opened — huddled against a sharp April cold, clutching convenience store coffees, the steam rising in chill coming off the river that flows through Des Moines.