The Kansas U.S. House race focused on education this week, while the two candidates for Missouri governor scrapped over women’s issues and tax returns.
Donald Trump shamed a former beauty pageant winner Friday for her sexual history and encouraged presidential voters to check out what he called her "sex tape," in an early-morning tweet-storm that dragged him further away from his campaign's efforts to broaden his appeal to women.
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach was scheduled to appear in federal court Friday morning to answer an allegation that he’s failed to add thousands of motor voters who didn’t prove they were citizens to the state’s voter roll. Attorneys came to an agreement Thursday that led to the hearing being canceled.
The Obama administration failed to follow the president's health care law in a $5 billion dispute over compensating insurers for high costs from seriously ill patients, Congress' investigative arm said Thursday.
Just as Chicago, New Orleans and other cities have major arts festivals that draw thousands, so Kansas City Mayor Sly James would like to see the city host a festival next September to showcase and promote local talent in all sorts of artistic mediums.
CNN said Thursday that its analyst Corey Lewandowski, the former Donald Trump campaign manager, has cut all financial ties to the campaign and is no longer receiving monthly severance payments.
The Senate voted Wednesday 97-1 and the House 348-77 to override President Barack Obama’s veto of legislation that would allow the families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia for its alleged role in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. But that is only the beginning of what will be an exceedingly complicated legal strategy to prove that the Arab country, from which 15 of the 19 9/11 hijackers came, bears responsibility for what took place.
Averting an election-year crisis, Congress late Wednesday sent President Barack Obama a bill to keep the government operating through Dec. 9 and provide $1.1 billion in long-delayed funding to battle the Zika virus.
Donald Trump suggests in a newly released videotaped deposition that his presidential campaign could boost business at his hotels and increase the value of his personal brand.
Never before has a presidential candidate had such a complex web of businesses. By law, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump doesn’t have to release his tax returns, but the absence of even a summary is leading to widespread speculation. A report from a New Jersey casino commission said that in 1978 and 1979 Trump reported negative income and paid no federal taxes, even as he publicly boasted of being a multimillionaire. Here are answers to questions on the topic.
Donald Trump lashed out wildly on Tuesday in the aftermath of the first presidential candidate debate with Hillary Clinton, scolding the moderator, criticizing a beauty pageant winner for her physique and raising the prospect of an all-out attack on Bill Clinton’s marital infidelities in the final stretch of the campaign.
One of County Executive Frank White’s top assistants has been working behind the scenes to rewrite the county’s pension plan to benefit a single county legislator.
A Cole County judge postponed until February the trial of Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, who is accused of age and gender discrimination. By then, Nixon will have left office. Meanwhile, two other lawsuits have come to light that make similar allegations of discrimination against Nixon’s administration.
The Kansas City downtown Marriott and Muehlebach hotel complex wants to use a Community Improvement District sales tax to help finance a proposed $32.8 million renovation. The hotel also proposes that the city would pay for half of the work.
In a new ruling, a Shawnee County judge ordered that 17,500 voters should have their full ballots counted until he makes a final ruling. That means they’ll likely be able to cast a full ballot on Nov. 8.
Millions of Americans heard the name Alicia Machado for the first time this week in the final minutes of the most-watched presidential debate in history. But there were actually a year of twists and turns, largely behind the scenes, that led Hillary Clinton to utter the name of the Latina beauty queen, turning her into a major figure in the final weeks of the presidential race.
Both vice presidential candidates, Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Tim Kaine, can offer policy experience for their potential bosses in the Oval Office.
Without mentioning any names, Michelle Obama rallied Clinton supporters in Philadelphia, Pa., to elect an "adult" to the White House. Meanwhile, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Donald Trump compared the Clinton team to the mob.
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Election Rewind: FLOTUS calls for an 'adult' in the White House, Trump compares Clinton team to the mob
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Kansas City mayor lays out vision for signature KC arts festival
