Monday’s first presidential debate of the season had highs and lows for both candidates. Trump’s best moment involved NATO; Clinton shone when attacking Trump’s refusal to release his tax returns.
The presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump looked different through the country’s many political prisms, Democratic, Republican, liberal, conservative and snark.
Donald Trump’s habit of peddling hype and fabrication emerged unabated in the first presidential debate while Hillary Clinton played it cautiously in her statements, though not without error.
Longtime Hillary Clinton confidante Sidney Blumenthal, according a former editor in McClatchy’s Washington bureau in 2008, encouraged the news organization to look into Obama’s roots. Blumenthal denies that. McClatchy last week reported that there is no direct proof that Blumenthal shared the birther rumor. It is one person’s word against another.
Documents released by the Kansas Board of Regents show the University of Kansas could be forced to cut more than $12 million per the Brownback administration’s request for state agencies and universities to look at a possible budget cuts for the next two fiscal years. KU Medical Center would need to cut around $10.4 million.
Judge Julie Robinson scheduled the hearing after the American Civil Liberties Union last week contended Secretary of State Kris Kobach has failed to comply with the judge’s May order to register about 18,000 people who registered to vote at the DMV but did not provide proof of citizenship.
The SolSmart program, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, recognized Kansas City as one of 14 cities nationally making it faster, easier and cheaper to use solar energy. Other Missouri cities honored were Gladstone and Columbia.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump came to their first debate armed with a full arsenal of facts, provocations and precooked one-liners. She tried to show her middle-class sensibilities; he went on the attack on her political career.
The first debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton may be among the most-watched programs in history. Here’s a guide on what to expect — and what both candidates will try to accomplish.
Kansas City is trying to move forward with development of the former Citadel Plaza site, where a previous development plan fell apart as the result of a financial and environmental debacle.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is mad that Roy Blunt isn’t returning his phone calls. In a brief but vicious letter to the Republican senator from Missouri, Reid lectures Blunt on what it means “to be a gentleman” and says he should be embarrassed not to call another senator back.
A bill introduced by three Democratic senators on Monday would expand protections for employees who raise health and safety concerns at America’s nuclear weapons facilities. A recent audit found the Department of Energy had repeatedly failed to protect whistleblowers from retaliation and intimidation by its contractors. Since the agency “won’t make the changes necessary to increase accountability and protect folks who raise concerns — we’re going to have to legislate those changes ourselves,” said Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri, one of the bill’s sponsors.
Any talk at City Hall of airport improvements or streetcar expansion is on the back burner as the Kansas City Council revs up plans for a big infrastructure election next April. The signature project to build support for the citywide bond package could be a new animal shelter at Swope Park to replace a horribly outdated facility.
Gov. Sam Brownback's economic advisory council has discontinued a quarterly report that had been developed to ensure a timely analysis of the administration's economic policies.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton went to head-to-head in the first presidential debate at Hofstra University in New York on Monday. They discussed jobs, racial divisions and national security with many personal jabs thrown in between. The debate, moderated by NBC anchor Lester Holt, is the first in a series of three scheduled ahead of Election Day.
Pizza and politics mix as UMKC students chow down on free pizza at Pizza 51 and watch the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton went to head-to-head in the first presidential debate at Hofstra University in New York on Monday. They discussed jobs, racial divisions and national security with many personal jabs thrown in between. The debate, moderated by NBC anchor Lester Holt, is the first in a series of three scheduled ahead of Election Day.
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