When Donald Trump meets Vladimir Putin in Alaska it will be the seventh time the two have talked in person.  This time is different, though. Since their last sit-down, Mr Putin has launched an unprovoked…

President Donald Trump using an obscure emergency provision in federal law pertaining to Washington, D.C. to attempt to take full control over the capital’s local police force is not responding to any “emergency,” but just…

And here you thought the lesson of the Smoot-Hawley tariff era was that a trade war can be destructive. Think again, folks, because President Trump’s lawyers say the courts must uphold the legality of his…

After three attempts over as many years, Iola has received word that two of its three abandoned elementary schools will be able to be converted into living facilities.  The $20 million project will provide 49…

President Trump views tariffs as a toll that he alone gets to set for access to U.S. markets. Now he’s charging fees on U.S. companies for the purported privilege of exporting artificial-intelligence chips to China.…

A new school year is getting started. Students are looking up their schedules and packing up their bags. One thing they’ll have to ditch this fall? Their cellphones. Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed into law…

Texas House Democrats who have gone to other states as a way to break quorum — a tactic to prevent the Legislature from approving new and further gerrymandered congressional districts designed to hand five seats…

Farmers, a solidly Republican constituency, are scratching their heads over what they see as a barrage of friendly fire. Agriculture stands out as acutely vulnerable to President Donald Trump’s avalanche of tariffs, mass deportations and…

When Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell publicly experienced episodes in which he appeared to freeze during news conferences, there were calls for him to vacate his seat. When the late California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein twice…

Allen County Commissioner David Lee worries “big government” is preventing private practice physicians from setting up office. “We’re forcing doctors to have to come and work in these organizations whether they want to or not.…