Producers of the Grammy Awards recently announced they were postponing the ceremony — scheduled for later this month — to March 14. “Nothing is more important than the health and safety of those in our…

President Donald Trump “crossed the line” for many Republicans last week when he egged on supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol. Though they may appreciate his policies, say on immigration or tax cuts, the president…

There was nothing combative about Gov. Laura Kelly’s annual State of the State message on Tuesday night. The governor spoke in bold and serious tones as she laid out her plan for a better Kansas…

During the Black Lives Matter demonstrations last summer, the Homeland Security Department deemed white supremacy groups the greatest danger to public safety. They cluster under various guises and names. The 3 Percenters and Oath Keepers…

Remember their names. U.S. Sen Roger Marshall. U.S. Reps. Jake LaTurner, Ron Estes and Tracey Mann. These four men’s decision to support a challenge to the Electoral College results fueled a fire that blazed into…

I was in my office on the fourth floor of the Cannon House Office Building on Jan. 6 when the Capitol Police entered around 1:15 p.m. to tell me and my chief of staff to…

In hindsight, that rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol should be no surprise. In early December, President Donald Trump began rallying his supporters to mark their calendars. “Big protest in D.C. on Jan. 6th. Be there,…

On Friday, President Donald Trump said he would not be attending the Jan. 20 inauguration of Joe Biden. That’s not exactly a surprise. Only two days earlier, Trump was still refusing to concede the election. …

Only after insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, disrupting our democracy, physically trampling the tenets and values of American exceptionalism, did President Donald Trump halfheartedly commit to a peaceful transfer of power. His statement…

For the past two months, President Donald Trump has urged his supporters to protest what he has alleged was a fraudulent election.  On Wednesday, he got specific. Go to the U.S. Capitol, he told the…