Former Stealth President Dick Cheney has criticized President Obama’s national-security team, telling a group of Wyoming Republicans on Feb. 9 that the guys Obama has chosen (John Kerry, Chuck Hagel,...

An estimated 5.5 million children and adolescents in the United States are growing up in the shadows with parents unauthorized to be in the country, according to 2010 data from the Pew Hispanic Center....

The UISG email account last semester received a message in response to our standard biannual reminder email regarding available study space on campus during the always over-crowded, high-stress finals...

Despite its cultural and occasionally alcohol-soaked allure, many students feel that downtown Iowa City lacks a few key amenities — most notably, retail shopping. The University of Iowa together with...

Iowa City community members gathered in the Iowa City Public Library on Tuesday to learn about and discuss U.S. military spending and defense strategy. The U.N. Association of Iowa and the National Security...

The Senate will lose one of its longest-serving members when Tom Harkin’s sixth term ends in January 2015. The longtime Democratic senator from Iowa announced last month that he will not seek re-election...

America uses unmanned aerial vehicles — drones — across the world for surveillance and to kill people designated to be our enemies, terrorists. Drones are useful because Americans are not put at risk...

At Wednesday’s meeting of the state Board of Regents, the regents approved a plan to create a new nine-person commission to monitor transparency at the state schools. The plan was conceived by Regent...

Many UI students don’t know what they are missing when they don’t participate in the University of Iowa Honors Program. Students will receive administration emails detailing the revamped Honors...

Last week, there was an ice storm Sunday night, a thunderstorm Monday night, and a snowstorm on Tuesday night. And the temperatures on the days that followed fluctuated just as much with a high of 46 degrees...

Sen. Joe Bolkcom, D-Iowa City, sponsored a bill last week that would allow undocumented immigrants the opportunity to receive in-state tuition for Iowa’s public universities and community colleges....

When you go to the emergency room after falling down a flight of stairs, you’d expect doctors to focus on your broken leg instead of the bruise on your arm. Gov. Terry Branstad’s initiative...