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WATCH LIVE: Kavanaugh-Ford Testify Before Senate Judiciary

High Plains Public Radio | By NPR News

Published September 27, 2018 at 1:11 PM CDT

Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh and the woman who has accused him of sexually assaulting her in high school, Christine Blasey Ford, are testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Watch the proceeding live.

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SCOTUS ruling on Medicaid, Planned Parenthood, could impact Oklahomans, lawmaker says

Hannah France

The United States Supreme Court ruled Thursday states may block Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funding for non-abortion services.
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U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of Texas death row inmate pushing for DNA evidence tests

Ayden Runnels | Texas Tribune

Ruben Gutierrez is challenging the constitutionality of a state law that restricts death row inmates from seeking tests that he says will prove he's not a murderer.
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Kansas Democratic leader worries about safety after Minnesota lawmaker's assassination

The killing of a Democratic state representative in Minnesota this past weekend has Kansas Senate Minority Leader Dinah Sykes concerned about her and her family's safety. The name of Missouri U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II was also included on the suspect's "hit list."
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Missouri and Kansas historic sites may 'cease to exist' if Congress defunds National Heritage Areas

Sherman Smith | Kansas Reflector

Uniting more than 200 sites across eastern Kansas and western Missouri, Freedom's Frontier preserves the story of the border war and the settlement of the western frontier. But the Trump administration has blocked funding for National Heritage Areas.
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Two Texas congressmembers named on alleged Minnesota assassin's hit list

Reps. Veronica Escobar and Joaquin Castro were among the 45 elected officials placed on a hit list by a man accused of killing a former Minnesota House speaker and her husband.