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Artist Tom Corbin was chosen for the job by a committee that included members of the Truman family. His statue of the 33rd president, who was from Independence, Missouri, was dedicated this week.

Two federal efforts — one in Congress and one at the U.S. Interior Department — could affect the search for marked and unmarked graves at the Shawnee Indian Mission in Fairway and Haskell University in Lawrence.

Martin Luther King Jr. spent years before his assassination working to expand access to the ballot box. Today, advocates and lawmakers say they are fighting many of the same fights.

Cleaver and his fellow Democrats' continued internal debate is stalling President Biden's $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill and his Build Back Better legislation.

Rep. Cleaver echoed other elected officials calling the takeover of the Capitol a "coup d'etat attempt".

U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver shares his account of pro-Trump extremists seizing the Capitol, and the ramifications of yesterday's insurrection for Republicans.

Despite the violent breach, congressional leaders were looking to continue the process of officially recognizing the results of the presidential election.

Charles Curtis was a leading voice in the fight for women's suffrage. He also orchestrated the breakup of tribal government and communal land in what is now the state of Oklahoma.

The congresswoman says she's disappointed in President Trump's coronavirus management, and is focusing her efforts on making Medicaid and affordable health care more accessible to Kansans.

Segment 1: How Missouri's 4th Congressional District is weathering the COVID-19 outbreak.Various congressional actions will result in massive amounts of…

Segment 1: How Missouri's 4th Congressional District is weathering the COVID-19 outbreak.Various congressional actions will result in massive amounts of…

Segment 1, beginning at 4:12: Current Washington debates revolve around who should get a bailout due to the COVID-19 crisis.Congress seems willing to…