Posted: 10:10 AM The president highlighted the sharp improvement in jobs numbers this week.

Updated: 10:47 AM A House committee is considering a proposal to eliminate a program that helps poor Kansans save money for college.

Updated: 10:48 AM A Kansas House committee has rejected a bill imposing new regulations on strip clubs, adult bookstores and other sexually oriented businesses.

Updated: 8:08 AM U.S. employers ramped up hiring in February, adding 236,000 jobs and pushing the unemployment rate down to 7.7 percent from 7.9 percent in January. Stronger hiring shows businesses are confident about the economy, despite higher taxes and government spending cuts.

Posted: 7:39 PM Clinton says the Defense of Marriage Act is incompatible with the Constitution.

Updated: 7:20 PM Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, the son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, served as a propagandist who praised the 9/11 attacks.

Updated: 1:23 PM A Kansas House committee has approved a sweeping anti-abortion bill that prevents groups providing abortion services from being involved in the state's public schools.

Posted: 11:25 AM A Kansas House committee has approved a sweeping anti-abortion bill that prevents groups providing abortion services from being involved in the state's public schools.

Posted: 8:59 AM North Korea is vowing a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States. The harsh rhetoric Thursday comes hours ahead of a vote by U.N. diplomats on whether to level new sanctions against Pyongyang for its recent nuclear test.

Updated: 8:21 AM A White House official says President Barack Obama has invited Rep. Paul Ryan for lunch at the White House Thursday.

Updated: 8:23 AM Senator Rand Paul has ended his filibuster blocking Senate confirmation of President Barack Obama's CIA nominee, nearly 13 hours after he began.

Posted: 1:48 PM A Kansas House committee has endorsed a bill expanding the number of public buildings where people with concealed-carry permits may bring firearms.

Posted: 9:20 AM The Obama administration and congressional Republicans are quietly working in tandem to blunt the impact of short-term spending cuts that kicked in with dire White House warnings last week, with both sides eager to pocket the full savings for deficit reduction as they pivot to a new clash over Medicare.

Posted: 9:10 AM President Barack Obama will meet with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill next week.

Posted: 8:59 AM Attorney General Eric Holder is urging Congress to confront gun violence by requiring universal background checks, imposing tougher penalties on traffickers and banning high-capacity magazines and military-style assault weapons.

Posted: 8:32 AM A Kansas House committee is considering a bill to expand the number of public buildings where people with concealed-carry permits may bring firearms.

Posted: 8:23 AM Kansas legislators are returning from a four-day break to consider a bill that would narrow contract negotiations between teachers and public school districts.

Posted: 8:16 AM Venezuelans in the U.S. have expressed cautious optimism that new elections will bring change to their homeland after the death of President Hugo Chavez.

Updated: 8:19 AM Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's office is taking applications from college students for internships in his office and some state agencies.

Posted: 3:06 PM The Arkansas Senate has voted to override Gov. Mike Beebe's veto of legislation that would ban most abortions from the 12th week of pregnancy onward.

Posted: 2:56 PM House and Senate Democrats want to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, more than a dollar higher than President Barack Obama proposed

Posted: 11:22 AM A coalition of universities and college professionals is asserting the automatic budget cuts could end up costing some students hundreds of dollars a year.

Updated: 8:15 AM Kansas legislators will reconvene Wednesday after a short break following an important milestone in the 2013 session.

Posted: 8:11 AM A Kansas House committee is preparing to take up legislation increasing the penalties for child sex trafficking and providing help for victims of human trafficking.

Posted: 4:59 PM Under the measure, fewer issues would be subject to negotiations between teachers, school boards