Iowa’s U.S. Senators voted in support of the Laken Riley Act on Monday, the start of a crackdown on illegal immigration just hours after President Donald Trump’s inauguration. The bill, which passed 64 to 35 with 12 Democrats in support, would strengthen immigration...
President Donald Trump was sworn into office as the 47th President of the United States on Monday, marking the beginning of his second term as he becomes the second president to serve two non-consecutive terms. After being sworn in by U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John...
Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Christensen delivered the 2025 State of the Judiciary at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Wednesday, Jan. 15. Christensen mentioned the prioritization of contract attorneys, modernization of the magistrate system, and attention...
After decades of public service, Iowa Sen. Janice Weiner is pointing to her past positions as stepping blocks preparing her to lead Iowa Senate Democrats. Growing up in Coralville, Weiner was raised in a politically active household and was inspired by her parents to enter into...
DES MOINES —Chief Justice Susan Christensen called for the modernization of the magistrate system, increased judicial pay, and the prioritization of contract attorneys in her annual Condition of the Judiciary Address on Wednesday. In her address, Chief Justice Christensen...
Iowa City area lawmakers pin child care costs, a cellphone ban in classrooms, and education funding as a few of their priorities for the 2025 legislative session. As Republicans hold a supermajority and a trifecta, Iowa City area Democratic legislative leaders aim to work...
In December 2023 in Cairo, Mazahir Salih saw suffering. There to find her mother who had just fled Sudan, Salih witnessed the lines of tired and hungry Sudanese refugees outside of the U.N. location in Sudan, all of them with the same hope — safety. The Sudanese refugees...
With former President Donald Trump on his way back to the White House after beating out Vice President Kamala Harris, University of Iowa campus political organizations are mixed about the results of the election. Campus conservatives are ecstatic about Trump’s rise...
A handful of University of Iowa students were among hundreds of poll workers who helped run dozens of election precincts in Johnson County on Election Day. The students, however, were getting class credit. The class focused on election administration and gave students hands-on...