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Dole honored in Kansas as tough but compassionate statesman

TOPEKA — Fellow Kansans on Saturday celebrated Bob Dole as a tough but compassionate patriot shaped by small-town values, a strong partisan leader who could nevertheless work with political opponents, and a war hero who ultimately became "the greatest of the Greatest Generation." Dole made ...

Kentucky governor: Storms may have killed at least 70 people

Updated at 4 p.m. Saturday MAYFIELD, Ky. — A monstrous tornado killed dozens of people in Kentucky and the toll was climbing Saturday after severe weather ripped through at least five states, leaving widespread devastation. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said upwards of 70 may have died when a ...

Celebrations of Bob Dole’s life continue at National Cathedral, World War II memorial

WASHINGTON — Bob Dole was honored Friday at Washington National Cathedral as top leaders from both parties gathered to display the kind of bipartisanship now rare in modern government, a tribute to the longtime Kansas senator's ability to practice bare-knuckle politics without losing an ...

President Biden honors ‘giant of our history’ Bob Dole at U.S. Capitol

Updated at 3:23 p.m. Thursday WASHINGTON — Bob Dole lay in state Thursday at the U.S. Capitol, as the president and others gathered to pay tribute to a “giant of our history” who served the country in war and in politics with pragmatism, self-deprecating wit and a bygone era's sense of ...

White House unveils new slogan on infrastructure during Biden’s visit to Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — President Joe Biden unveiled a new slogan for his $1 trillion infrastructure package on Wednesday, but his overall message is staying largely the same. Biden, trying to rebound from sagging poll numbers, rebranded his Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework as "Building a ...

Former Senate leader, presidential candidate Bob Dole dies at 98

Updated at 4:15 p.m. Sunday TOPEKA — Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol and celebrant of his dwindling generation of World War II veterans, has died. He was 98. His wife, ...