Unable to resist the political clickbait, President Donald Trump muscled Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier out of the limelight June 30, to celebrate the opening of a Florida first. It is…

Three months ago a tariff announcement by Donald Trump caused a market meltdown.  More recently his words have mostly elicited a shrug. On July 7 America’s president published letters he had sent to 14 countries…

For the third time in less than six months, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has moved to suspend munitions shipments to Ukraine, and President Donald Trump has reversed the decision. Trump announced on Monday night that…

Whether or not you accept the sincerity of Sen. Josh Hawley’s recent New York Times op-ed, “Don’t Cut Medicaid,” after his vote in favor of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill which, by Hawley’s…

The premise of President Donald Trump’s new budget plan is to put so much money in people’s pockets that even those who are targeted by its cuts will share in the largesse. Kansans know the…

The Kansas City Chiefs and Royals say they need more time to negotiate new stadium agreements with Kansas.  Monday, predictably, the state extended the deadline for stadium talks with both clubs.  It isn’t clear why…

Harriet Tubman never formally enlisted in the U.S. military. She was a war hero nonetheless. Many Americans know Tubman for her courage and sacrifice as conductor of the Underground Railroad, but fewer recognize her as…

President Trump keeps beseeching Vladimir Putin to end his vicious assault on Ukraine, but the Russian keeps stringing the American along. Could Mr. Trump finally be losing enough patience to try a different strategy? The…

What do we stand to gain from a weaker Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center? The answer, of course, is very little. Recent coverage of the nonprofit’s executive compensation structure has drawn warranted scrutiny. It’s a…

It’s hard to imagine us complaining about tourists crowding our favorite haunts. Maybe once the Lehigh Portland State Park gets in full swing, we’ll see longer lines at restaurants and gas stations. Hope so. It’d…