Bill Wilson

A Wichita man has been charged in federal court with attempting to explode a car bomb at Wichita MC Airport, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom.

FBI officials say they’re taking “very seriously” a regional water threat in the past several days including the city of Wichita’s system. However, FBI spokeswoman Bridget Patton in Kansas City said Friday that the threat – against water systems in Wichita and three other cities “in this area” – has not been substantiated by FBI investigators.

The ongoing government shutdown is about more than the Affordable Care Act, Kansas 4th District Rep. Mike Pompeo said Monday morning. It’s about meaningful entitlement reform to save America from financial collapse.

Charles Koch's wife says there is much endearingly quaint about the man so many now vilify. Yet even Liz Koch's stories about him show a drive and a relentlessness that sometimes scare her. And she's suffered for some of his decisions that have demonized Charles and David Koch in American popular culture. The family now lives night and day with bodyguards.

The Koch brothers' political spending and the network of conservative political organizations they fund have sparked condemnation and criticism.