WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues. Russ Vought,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS will furlough nearly half of its workforce on Wednesday as part of the ongoing government shutdown, according to an updated contingency plan posted to its website. Most IRS operations are…

Shannon Ellis, 59, has enjoyed her work for the Internal Revenue Service for more than 20 years, the last eight as the president of the National Treasury Employees Union in Kansas City. The union represents…

LAWRENCE — Freedom’s Frontier has received the half-million dollars the federal government held hostage for six months, ensuring the organization can continue for another year to preserve the story of the struggle for freedom through…

The daughter of former FBI director James Comey has been ousted from her job as a federal prosecutor in New York, according to people familiar with the matter. During her time with the U.S. Attorney’s…

An abrupt decision to hold back millions of dollars in federal funding for Kansas schools threatens to make it more difficult for some students to learn English and for poor districts to provide after-school activities.…

The Trump administration has lifted a freeze on federal funds for HIV prevention and surveillance programs, officials said, following an outcry from HIV prevention organizations, health experts and Democrats in Congress. The Los Angeles County…

TOPEKA — Costly and unequal access to health care draw down the overall ranking of Kansas’ health system in nationwide evaluations of successes and failures. Kansas has one of the lowest-performing state health systems in…

TOPEKA — A federal judge cleared the way Thursday for CoreCivic to reopen its Leavenworth prison as an immigration detention center, saying he lacks jurisdiction to hear the case. The city has not yet decided…

TOPEKA — The Trump administration defunded 16 of 17 Feed the Future labs across the country when it began wiping out U.S. Agency for International Development projects. After months in limbo, Kansas State University found…