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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell faces a potential serious headache in Kansas if the state’s former secretary of state and GOP gubernatorial nominee Kris Kobach is not selected to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the wake of Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen leaving the job.

Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS), chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee,  will not seek another term in the U.S. Senate, according to the Associated Press.

House Speaker Paul Ryan is facing Democratic criticism for his planned visa-giveaway to Irish college-graduates, and the Irish government is reportedly trying to overcome the opposition by promising to deliver reciprocal benefits for American graduates.

Nearly 15 Republican Senators are demanding President Trump halt all enforcement of the United States-Mexico border until they pass legislation closing an immigration loophole, a plan that would leave the border open for potentially years.

Paul Ryan led a pack of senior Republican lawmakers in an attack Thursday on the tariff policies of Donald Trump.

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Huffington Post Senior Politics Editor and MSNBC Contributor Sam Stein apologized on behalf of his gender for remarks made by Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS). After host Andrea Mitchell referenced Roberts’ apology for commenting

LUBBOCK, Texas — When email inboxes dinged in and around Lubbock last Tuesday afternoon, recipients were surprised by the new message: an invitation to a private, first-ever agriculture round table with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz on Aug. 11.

Dayspring was undoubtedly effective at crushing conservative primary challengers to longtime Republican senators and helping Republicans take over the U.S. Senate. But his tactics throughout his career have been so brutal and personal, he’s become a larger-than-life personality in politics—someone who often overshadows whoever his boss is—and sometimes border on reckless.

On Laura Ingraham’s Friday radio broadcast, Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) explained why relying on a court case wouldn’t be the only step in tackling President Barack Obama’s perceived overreach with his executive power, in particular in dealing with immigration. Roberts

Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) tells Breitbart News he supports a strategy by incoming Senate Budget Committee chairman Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) to cut off funding for President Barack Obama’s planned executive amnesty. “The American people have just elected a new

After surviving a primary challenge and winning a general election, Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) declared that he heard his “marching orders” from Kansas voters to be conservative. “I’ve heard my marching orders loud and clear,” Roberts, a Marine veteran, said

Tuesday night the victorious Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) gave a gracious speech after defeating Greg Orman in the election for his U.S. Senate seat. Follow Pam Key on Twitter @pamkeyNEN

The pro-life vote in Kansas is shaping up to be a bloc that could win the race for U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts (R) on Tuesday. As The Hill reports, Roberts, who is in a virtual tie with independent candidate Greg

On Thursday, 75 year-old Bill Snyder, the legendary Kansas State football coach who took the school’s once moribund program from laughing stock to perennial powerhouse, endorsed incumbent 78-year old Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) in the state’s hotly contested U.S. Senate

Dr. Milton Wolf, who unsuccessfully challenged Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) in this year’s primary announced his endorsement of Roberts on Thursday’s “Mark Levin Show.” “We live in a difficult time, I think our republic is in trouble…in Harry Reid you

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts gained a somewhat reluctant endorsement Thursday from his former Republican primary challenger, Milton Wolf, who urged Kansans to vote for the long-time incumbent despite their misgivings. In a message posted on his

Former failed presidential candidate Bob Dole endorsed another former failed presidential candidate for 2016. Romney joined Dole for a rally for Sen. Pat Roberts who is facing a tough challenge from his independent rival Greg Orman. Dole lost to former

A top Democrat pollster summed up the challenge facing Democrats in the election just over a week away. “I think Obama being so unpopular is the biggest factor in this election,” Tom Jensen, a pollster with the left-leaning firm Public Policy

The Duggar family, famous for their TLC reality show 19 Kids and Counting, embarked on a seven-state “Faith, Family, Freedom” bus tour on Monday to support political candidates who oppose “anti-family” policies such as abortion and marriage equality.  The National

Tuesday on Fox News Channel’s “Your World With Neil Cavuto,” Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) said the balance of power in the U.S. Senate is a key issue in the Kansas race. Roberts said, “Basically the people of Kansas got it

A ridiculous and over-the-top ad produced by a progressive non-profit blames Republican budget cuts for the Ebola outbreak in an attempt to deflect criticism away from the incompetent Obama administration. Via RCP: The Agenda Project is a progressive non-profit political

In appearance on Monday’s “America’s Newsroom” on the Fox News Channel, Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS), who is locked in a close contest for reelection against independent candidate Greg Orman, touted the conservative support he is getting in the late stages

Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) declared that he was “convinced” that “Valerie Jarrett was involved” in the IRS’ targeting of Tea Party groups on Friday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show.” “If you follow the communications, if we can get it, right up to

Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) is threatening to “shut down the Senate” if President Obama uses executive power to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and bring its terrorist prisoners to the U.S.  “I stopped him once from trying

WICHITA, Kansas–“Ted Cruz came roaring into the Senate in 2012, a lot like a prairie fire,” Sen. Pat Roberts said, introducing Cruz to an audience here. Roberts pointed out that a prairie fire was just what Washington needed. “We have

Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) has taken the lead in two new polls released on Wednesday as his opponent Greg Orman again endorsed amnesty for illegal immigrants during Wednesday’s debate.  In a Fox News poll, Roberts leads Orman, the liberal Democrat

On Friday, Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) attacked his “Independent” challenger Greg Orman for supporting “a path to citizenship” for 11 million illegal aliens. Appearing on Laura Ingraham’s national radio show, Roberts said, “[Orman] says he that wants to grant citizenship

Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) declared his opposition to granting amnesty for illegal immigrants and contrasted this with his Independent opponent’s support for amnesty on Friday’s “Laura Ingraham Show.” “[Orman] says he that wants to grant citizenship to all illegal aliens

Sarah Palin will campaign for incumbent Republican Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) in Independence, Kansas on Thursday. Roberts is in need of help from the Tea Party favorite, as recent polls show he trails independent Greg Orman in this fall’s general

Former Alaska Gov and GOP VP nominee Sarah Palin will campaign with vulnerable establishment Republican Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas as a “special guest” at an Independence, Kansas event on Thursday. Palin joins a list of several predictable, more establishment Republicans now

A poll conducted by Survey USA for Wichita, Kansas television station KSN released Monday shows incumbent Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) and independent challenger Greg Orman are virtually tied, but the questions that produced the result are fairly suggestive. The poll,