WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans on Monday proposed deeper Medicaid cuts, including new work requirements for parents of teens, as a way to offset the costs of making President Donald Trump’s tax breaks more permanent in…

NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez arrived at a federal prison on Tuesday to begin serving an 11-year sentence for accepting bribes of gold and cash and acting as an agent of Egypt.…

There is, on the face of it, a clear logic behind President Donald Trump’s decision this month to raise the tariff on imported aluminum from 25 percent to 50 percent. He thinks the United States…

Rep. Melissa Hortman, former speaker of the Minnesota House, and her husband, Mark, were killed in their home early Saturday morning by someone impersonating a police officer. Several miles away, state Sen. John Hoffman and…

Future cancer cures are in jeopardy because of dramatic and unprecedented proposed reductions in research funding, staff eliminations and policy shifts at the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute.  That’s why I traveled…

Israel’s attack on Iran opens the next phase of the Great Middle Eastern War that began on Oct. 7, 2023. Over the past 20 months, that war has played out on fronts across the region…

After going head-to-head in an extra-inning pitcher’s duel during the regional semifinals, Humboldt pitcher Logan Page and Iola pitcher Grady Dougherty will face off once more at Wednesday’s Kansas Baseball Coaches Association All-star game in…

HUMBOLDT — A bronze-bust sculpture of a whitetail deer will be revealed at 1 p.m., Saturday, June 28, in front of the Whitetails & Wildlife Museum, 715 New York St. in Humboldt. The work was…

Iola High School junior Zoie Hesse added one more accolade to an already decorated 2024-2025 athletic year after her selection to the Kansas High School Softball Coaches Association All-State Team. Hesse made history earlier this…

The Iola American Legion Post 15 Indians 15-and-under team snapped a three-game losing streak while competing at the Marysville Post 163 Junior Tournament over the weekend. The Indians went 1-2 on the day with a…