Pentagon officials have watched the unraveling of Hegseth’s inner circle with alarm, concerned how it would function in a national security emergency ... ability to do his job.

Kansas City is a hub for federal offices like the Social Security Administration ... Last week, the City Council passed a resolution to expedite job applications from federal workers.

A recruitment manager at Missouri Western State University passed along an order to stop doing visits or fairs at 23 urban and inner-suburb schools in Kansas City and St. Louis. The school says ...