Latest Kris Kobach News

Democratic attorneys general ask to defend health access for 'Dreamers' since Trump probably won't

Jan. 15, 2025 14:17 PM EST

A group of Democratic attorneys general asked a court on Wednesday to let them defend a federal policy that opened subsidized health coverage to “Dreamers," young adults who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children. They want to take up the mantle since they anticipate...

Court lets Tennessee porn site age verification law take effect as Texas law goes to Supreme Court

Jan. 14, 2025 17:30 PM EST

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A panel of appeals judges has ruled that Tennessee can begin enforcing a law that requires pornographic websites to verify their visitors’ age as the First Amendment debate rises to the U.S. Supreme Court this week for oral arguments over a similar Texas law. ...

Kansas' top elections official is running for governor after pushing back on conspiracy theories

Jan. 08, 2025 13:13 PM EST

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' top elections official launched a campaign for governor Wednesday after building his public profile by pushing back against unfounded election conspiracy theories and breaking with fellow Republicans on voting rights issues. Secretary of State Scott...

Kansas once required voters to prove citizenship. That didn't work out so well

Dec. 29, 2024 11:44 AM EST

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republicans made claims about illegal voting by noncitizens a centerpiece of their 2024 campaign messaging and plan to push legislation in the new Congress requiring voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship. Yet there's one place with a GOP supermajority where linking...

A key Trump ally on immigration explains how mass deportations could work

Dec. 19, 2024 00:04 AM EST

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas official who is an informal adviser to President-elect Donald Trump's transition team on immigration issues doesn't expect mass deportations to prompt arrests of migrants at sensitive locations such as schools and churches. But Kansas Attorney General...

For now, 'Dreamers' will be shut out of the health care marketplace in 19 states

Dec. 10, 2024 16:07 PM EST

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Young adult immigrants known as “Dreamers” in 19 U.S. states will be temporarily blocked from getting health insurance through the Affordable Care Act's public marketplace, a federal judge has ruled, limiting an effort by the Biden administration to help immigrants...