Kansas Congressman Jake LaTurner won’t seek reelection, creating race for open seat Bob Marshall at the age of 24. Five years later, former Gov. Sam Brownback appointed LaTurner as the Kansas State Treasurer, making him the youngest statewide office holder in the country at the time. 04/18/2024 - 5:33 am | View Link
Kansas governor vetoes proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas' governor on Friday vetoed a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors, a measure to require more reporting from abortion providers and what she called a "vague ... 04/13/2024 - 5:43 am | View Link
Kansas governor vetoes bill banning transgender treatment to minors, abortion restrictions Please enter a valid email address. Kansas Governor Laura Kelly vetoed a bill Friday that would have banned transgender treatment for minors in the state, as well as two bills imposing abortion ... 04/13/2024 - 2:16 am | View Link
Kansas governor vetoes gender-affirming trans youth care ban Kansas Governor Laura Kelly speaks during the State of the State address at the Kansas State Capital on Jan. 10, 2024, in Topeka, Kan. Emily Curiel/The Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via ... 04/12/2024 - 4:00 pm | View Link
Kansas governor vetoes bill banning gender-affirming care to minors She said that the group continues “to thank Governor Kelly for seeing bills like SB 233 for what they really are: dangerous misinformation and attempts to target vulnerable youth for the sole ... 04/12/2024 - 3:07 pm | View Link
Although Donald Trump complains that his criminal trial keeps him off the campaign trail, he spent Wednesday — the day when court isn’t scheduled — playing golf and not campaigning, CNN reports.
Critics say the justice should not judge Trump's election-subversion case, because his wife supported overturning the election, attended Trump's Jan6 rally.
“The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted to restore ‘net neutrality’ rules that prevent broadband internet providers such as Comcast and Verizon from favoring some sites and apps over others,” the AP reports.
“The move effectively reinstates a net neutrality order the commission first issued in 2015 during the Obama administration.
“Lawmakers in Alabama passed legislation that could lead to the prosecution of librarians under the state’s obscenity law for providing minors with ‘harmful’ materials,” The Hill reports.
During Thursday's Supreme Court hearing, Trump lawyer John Sauer was made to look foolish trying to defend his claim that the president would get immunity even if he assassinates his political rival.
Justice Sotomayor was not amused.
Sotomayor: Your answer below, I'm going to give you a chance to say if you stay by it – if the president decides that his rival is a corrupt person and he orders the military or orders someone to assassinate him, is that within his official acts for which he can get immunity?
Sauer: It would depend on the hypothetical, but we can see that could well be an official act.
Sotomayor: It could.