Sep 04 Can the West show unity in response to Russia, Islamic State? By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Obama, U.K.'s Cameron try strike tough tone on crises DOJ to open investigation into Ferguson PD Hagan-Tillis debate in N.C. Independents Day in Kansas McConnell reaches key mark in new poll 'Moment of testing'… Continue reading
Aug 06 Kansas GOP Sen. Roberts defeats tea party candidate By Donna Cassata, Associated Press Three-term Republican Sen. Pat Roberts edged out Milton Wolf in Kansas' primary Tuesday night as mainstream conservatives dealt another blow to the tea party movement. A GOP businessman swamped a first-term Michigan congressman, upending his re-election bid. Continue reading
Aug 05 Kansas GOP Sen. Roberts faces tea party challenge By Donna Cassata, Associated Press Establishment conservatives look to beat down the latest tea party upstart as three-term Republican Sen. Pat Roberts faces a challenge from Milton Wolf in Tuesday's primary in Kansas, one of four states kicking off a busy month of contests to… Continue reading
Apr 17 Watch FULL VIDEO: Kansas community holds memorial service for shooting victims By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 17 At Kansas City memorial, Holder calls hate crimes an 'affront to who we are' By Joshua Barajas Attorney General Eric Holder told hundreds of Kansas City, Kan. mourners Thursday that all Americans stood with their community after three people were killed at two Jewish facilities, in what local and federal authorities have called a hate crime. Continue reading
Apr 17 Watch At Kansas City memorial, Holder calls hate crimes an 'affront to who we are' By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 14 Watch Feds classify Kansas shootings as hate crimes By PBS News Hour Federal authorities confirmed that they believe shootings at two Jewish community sites in Kansas were motivated by hate. Gwen Ifill talks to Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center to learn more about the 73-year-old suspect, Frazier Glenn Cross,… Continue watching
Apr 14 Justice Department to investigate whether Kansas shooting was a hate crime, Holder says By Joshua Barajas http://youtu.be/yBm0ntHOAJ0 Video by Associated Press The Justice Department will investigate whether federal hate crimes were committed in a Kansas shooting that left three people dead Sunday, Attorney General Eric Holder said. Continue reading
Mar 27 Watch Debating Kansas' mandate on tighter voter ID enforcement By PBS News Hour In a recent spate of voter identification controversies sweeping the country, a federal judge in Kansas ordered election officials to help Kansas and Arizona enforce laws requiring new voters to show proof of citizenship. Hari Sreenivasan get two views from… Continue watching
Mar 23 Is rural America a thing of the past? By Kristin Miller The image of the families like the Joads from The Grapes of Wrath loading up their meager possessions and leaving the farm for the city is a powerful one in the American psyche. It's almost as powerful as the image… Continue reading