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From Egypt to the Philippines, the president's praise of despotic and brutal leaders is raising eyebrows. He also has potential business conflicts in or related to all of the countries.

Alabama Republican Party Chair John Wahl is the youngest state GOP chair. He wants to increase GOP turnout among Black and young voters amid a larger redistricting battle and a looming election.

Here's a look at area headlines from the Associated Press, as compiled by KPR news staffers.

Tourists from the U.S., Australia, Denmark and the U.K. have died. A tourism police officer said a "number of people" had been detained in the case but that no charges have yet been filed.

The Waystar Royco team travels to L.A., where Kendall pitches eternal life (kind of), Shiv reconnects with the most unlikely of men, and Roman can't stop firing women.

Thirteen of the nation's leading scholars on the Kansas and Missouri "Border Wars" in the late 19th century will be meeting today (THUR) and tomorrow (FRI) at the Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas. KU history professor Jonathan Earle is one of the conference organizers. He says that analyzing what happened in the Bleeding Kansas era is now challenging traditional ways of thinking about the U-S Civil War. The conference brings together scholars who have rarely interacted outside the pages of scholarly journals. The papers being discussed at the conference will be part of a public presentation on the Civil War in November at the Kansas City Public Library.

Lawmakers disagree about how to address budget gap.

In two weeks, lawmakers will be considering a state budget that cuts education and other state spending in an effort to eliminate a budget deficit. The proposals would cut around 230 dollars per student in state funding for education. Joan Wagnon chairs the Kansas Democratic Party. She's concerned over the level of cuts to education.00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa794bb0000Lawmakers have also been considering tax cuts as a way to bolster the state's economy. Wagnon hopes lawmakers won't focus on reducing taxes. She believes that would hurt state revenues as the economy rebounds, meaning fewer dollars the state can put back into schools. One tax proposal would lower the income and corporate tax rates in Kansas. Leaders in the House believe tax cuts will help the state budget by growing the economy in Kansas. Lawmakers will resume budget talks when they return to the Statehouse during the last week of April.

Andrew Weissmann, one of the best-known lawyers in special counsel Robert Mueller's office, is set to depart soon from that job and the Justice Department, NPR has learned.

A young political dissident in Europe made his name in the news media as a defiant critic of the Chinese Communist Party. His former housemate and alleged victim says he's a grifter.