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Mack Allen, 18, attends a rally for LGBTQ+ youth at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan., on Jan. 31. A Kansas law enacted last year ended the state’s legal recognition of transgender identities and now other states are considering such laws. (John Hanna / Associated Press) TOPEKA, Kan. — Mack Allen, an 18-year-old high school senior from Kansas, braces for sideways glances, questioning looks and snide comments whenever he has to hand over his driver’s license, which still identifies him as female. They’ve come from a police officer responding to a car accident. They’ve come from an urgent care employee...

Republicans on Saturday narrowly picked an activist who has promoted unfounded election conspiracies and promised a shakeup to lead the Kansas GOP for the next two years, following weeks of infighting that mirrors the acrimony in the party across the U.S. Within 30 minutes of the change in the Kansas Republican Party’s leadership, its state committee reviewed a resolution demanding that the U.S. House impeach President Joe Biden for “tyranny” over comments he and his aides made in the summer of 2021 decrying misinformation about coronavirus vaccines spreading within the GOP. The committee tabled the resolution until its next meeting....

Posted on Sun, Oct. 31, 2004 Bin Laden videotape sways some voters, but not others By Larry Eichel and Sandy Bauers Inquirer Staff Writers For Robert Blose, a retired steelworker who lives in Kutztown, seeing Osama bin Laden on TV yesterday was all it took to end his days as one of Pennsylvania's remaining undecided voters. "I'm going to vote for President Bush," said Blose, 61, "because I think he's the better person to protect us. I'm sure a lot of other people are going to feel the same way. It makes a difference." But in nearby Reading, another undecided...