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As Missouri’s top law enforcement officer, Bailey repeatedly waded into fights over diversity, gender, abortion and other hot-button issues, while casting conservatives and Christians as under siege by the “woke” left.

They waded through a field of charred debris, gathering up fire-gnarled steel rods, metal door frames and structural beams into piles, which were later loaded onto dump trucks and hauled away to landfills.

Several other states have waded into the fight, assuming control of the House might be decided next year by just a few seats, one way or the other.

The wife of a dementia patient has said she was "dumbfounded" after only being offered "a wad of leaflets" after his diagnosis.

Even Prime Minister Anthony Albanese waded into the discussion back in March, suggesting the woman, Sam Jones, do the same with animals that "can actually fight back".