Views From Kansas on grand juries in Shawnee County
Editor notes a Topeka Capital-Journal analysis by Katie Moore and Luke Banker on grand jury use in Shawnee County. It highlights secrecy, compares indictment rates to Sedgwick Wyandotte and Johnson counties, and questions transparency versus efficiency with DA Mike Kagay defending the practice.
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Topeka Capital-Journal
Katie Moore
Luke Banker
Shawnee County
Moore and Banker
Sedgwick
Wyandotte County
Johnson County
Mike Kagay
Kansas
Kagay
Grates County
Today in History facts of revolutions and institutions
On August 10 1792 mobs attacked the Tuileries Palace in Paris and King Louis XVI was arrested tried for treason and executed. In 1821 Missouri became the 24th state in the United States. In 1846 President Polk signed a measure establishing the Smithsonian Institution.
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Paris
Tuileries Palace
Louis XVI
Missouri
James K. Polk
Smithsonian Institution
Pompeo Brings Swagger Back to State Department
David Ignatius reports that since May 1 Pompeo has bolstered morale at Foggy Bottom, promoting career diplomats, filling posts, and shaping a cautious denuclearization line with North Korea while maintaining a tough stance on Iran. He acts as a private presidential envoy, balancing Trump’s aims with the department’s steadier voice.
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Washington
Mike Pompeo
State Department
State
Rex Tillerson
Pompeo
Tillerson
CIA
House of Representatives
Senate
Foreign Service
Trump
White House
Congress
Hale
Lebanon
Pakistan
America
U.S
North Korea
Kim Jong UN
Singapore
Asia
Kim
U.N
Pyongyang
Iran
Oval Office
Old Hometown Lane crime tale from Lawrence Gazette
Lawrence Gazette reports Geo Ludington, once from the city, was arrested in Kansas City on a charge of sending an improper letter through the mails. He denies authorship, but if proven, could face burglary indictment due to referencing a past house, mentions guns sand bags and green goods and a plot to decoy a woman for robbery.
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Geo. Ludington
1893
City
Kansas City
Advice on tone and strategy for a presidential public image
A columnist suggests a calmer, positive approach for the president to engage critics and unifying voters. It argues for inviting LeBron James and supporters to highlight school and job success, promoting policy over personal clashes, and using a constructive agenda to outmaneuver opponents. The letter ends urging receptive consideration of the advice.
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New York
LeBron James
CNN
Congress
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