Michael Stansfield never expected to be a major player in California politics when he threw his hat into a congressional race as a Republican agitating for peace in the Middle East.

Thousands of survivors of the 2025 Eaton Fire in California are accepting settlements from the utility accused of causing it.

IRS chief Frank Bisignano has largely declined to answer questions from lawmakers about unlawful releases of taxpayer data to immigration agents.

U.S. Catholic bishops have elected Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley as their new president, choosing a conservative culture warrior to lead during President Donald Trump’s second term.

President Donald Trump and other Republicans have long criticized states that take weeks to count their ballots after Election Day.

Kansas is shrinking what already was among the nation’s shortest windows for voting by mail.

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed proposed restrictions on foreign ownership of land in Kansas.

Silicon Valley investors behind a secretive $800 million land-buying spree got off to a rocky start with the voters they need to build a green new city in Northern California.

Days after the bipartisan deal on the debt limit became law, House Republicans proposed a slew of tax cuts, leading to charges of hypocrisy by Democrats in a squabble that shows clashing visions for the U.S. economy.

Under fire from conservatives, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is hunting for votes from fellow Republicans for the debt ceiling deal.

Conservative Republicans who want to thwart socially and environmentally conscious investing are now being pushed to water down their proposals by backlash from powerful business groups and fears that state pension systems could see huge losses.

Efforts to propel Kansas’ renewable energy future are mired in legislative stalemate.

Baseball's top equipment companies say they are ready to meet the rush as major leaguers report to spring training.

Democrats in Congress are trying to pass the first major gun control legislation in more than two decades with the support of President Joe Biden.

INDIANAPOLIS - Is the notorious American gangster John Dillinger really buried at a cemetery in Indiana? Mike and Carol Thompson, Dillinger's nephew and niece, respectively, filed for a permit to exhume his body in July with the Indiana State Department of Health. The permit was granted by the department of health and it was set that Dillinger would be exhumed on September 16 at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis. Now less than a week from the dig, a lawsuit filed by Mike Thompson against the cemetery is halting the project. Dillinger reached for a pistol and was shot and killed by FBI agents, according to the FBI.

DETROIT – Comerica Park in downtown Detroit hosted hockey in January, but now the field is being prepared for a full season of baseball. "With the temperatures going down to the 20s, we think we will get another freeze again, we're not doing anything. But crews at Comerica Park will be doing something. Starting next week, 103,000 square feet of Kentucky Blue Grass will be shipped in from Colorado to re-sod the baseball field. Installation of the new sod at Comerica Park is due to begin next Tuesday and take about two or three days to complete.