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Another high-profile contender has officially joined the race for Sen. Mitch McConnell’s seat. U.S. Rep Andy Barr announced Tuesday he’d run for seat in what is expected to be a hotly contested primary.
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A southern Kentucky family is working to shift national conversations around the benefits of a native lawn. -
McConnell spoke to the Glasgow-Barren County Rotary Club on Thursday. During his remarks, he expressed skepticism of President Trump's tariffs on foreign goods. -
President Donald Trump’s growing trade war with China is putting added stress on American soybean farmers’ already tight margins. -
April's severe weather left 50% of McLean County under water. The small farming town in western Kentucky saw the Green River rise to levels not seen in decades. -
The advocacy group for Kentucky businesses spent more than $150,000 to lobby the state legislature in the three-month session, paying 14 lobbyists.
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Andrew Harnik/Getty Images North AmericaPresident Trump said Tuesday he had "no intention" of firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, ending days of speculation about the independence of the central bank that had roiled the financial markets. -
Andrew Harnik/APA federal judge granted a preliminary injunction stopping the Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America, the federally funded overseas news outlet. -
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty ImagesAt the center of the case is the school system in Montgomery County, Md., the most religiously diverse county in the U.S., with 160,000 students of almost all faiths. -
Sophie Park/Getty ImagesHarvard's lawsuit questions how freezing research funds will further the administration's goal of eliminating antisemitism on campus. -
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ImagesMilitary lawyers question Pentagon head Pete Hegseth's defense that he didn't share anything revealing in Signal chat group with his wife and brother. -
Jacquelyn Martin/APSecretary of State Marco Rubio has unveiled his plan to streamline a department that he says has become too bloated over the years. He's cutting 132 offices and about 700 jobs at the state department
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