WASHINGTON — The bitterly polarized U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday to join the Supreme Court, delivering an election-season triumph to President Donald Trump that could swing the court rightward for a generation after a battle that rubbed raw the country’s ...

Story updated at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5: TOPEKA - Both U.S. senators from Kansas voted Friday to advance the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. Sens. Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran, both Republicans, were part of the 51-49 majority that voted in favor of ...

New York — Therapy dogs can bring more than joy and comfort to hospitalized kids. They can also bring stubborn germs. Doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore were suspicious that the dogs might pose an infection risk to patients with weakened immune systems. So they conducted some ...

TOPEKA - Kansas Republicans on Friday were making final preparations in advance of President Donald Trump's scheduled campaign rally on Saturday in Topeka, which could be the president's first public appearance after the U.S. Senate votes on the highly charged nomination of Judge Brett ...

Story updated at 10:43 a.m. Friday, Oct. 5: WASHINGTON — A deeply divided Senate pushed Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination past a key procedural hurdle Friday, setting up a likely final showdown this weekend in a spellbinding battle that's seen claims of long-ago sexual assault by ...

TOPEKA - Republican congressional candidate Steve Watkins said Wednesday that he wanted the United States to build a wall along the Mexican border and crack down on illegal immigration "to keep our culture," and that younger workers today should expect to see smaller Social Security benefits ...