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Grassley confirms he wouldn’t vote for a national abortion ban during a debate Thursday

Grassley confirms he wouldn’t vote for a national abortion ban during a debate Thursday

Liam Halawith, Politics Reporter October 6, 2022

Iowa’s candidates for the U.S. Senate race sparred over their sharp ideological differences on the Iowa PBS stage on Thursday night.  With the balance of power in the U.S. Congress in play this...

Fact Check | Iowans are paying $5,000 more per year under inflation, are Democrats to blame?

Fact Check | Iowans are paying $5,000 more per year under inflation, are Democrats to blame?

Liam Halawith, Politics Reporter October 4, 2022

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. If your time is short:  In a tweet introducing...

U.S. Rep Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, speaks during Ashley Hinson’s BBQ Bash at the Linn County Fairgrounds Sunday, August 28, 2022.

Temporary funding resolution passes House, Senate to avoid weekend shutdown

Liam Halawith, Politics Reporter October 2, 2022

Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, voted against a stop-gap spending bill on Friday that would provide continued funding through Dec. 16 to prevent a government shutdown over the weekend.  Hinson wrote...

(Left) Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, announces she is seeking reelection in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District during a press conference at Dahl Old Car Home in Davenport on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. (Right) Rep. Christina Bohannan poses for a portrait outside the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021.

Fact Check | Facts behind Iowa’s 1st District congressional debate

Natalie Dunlap, Sabine Martin, Kate Perez, and Lyle Muller September 30, 2022

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Christina Bohannan had...

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Kaufmann Family Harvest Dinner in Wilton, Iowa, on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. Pence encouraged attendees to vote and spoke about stagnating wages, the economy, and the border.

Pence rallies for the “Great American Comeback” ahead of midterms

Liam Halawith, Politics Reporter September 29, 2022

Former Vice President Mike Pence called for Republican turnout this midterm season during his speech at the Kaufmann family harvest dinner in Wilton, Iowa on Thursday.  He referred to the red wave...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during Ashley Hinson’s BBQ Bash at the Linn County Fairgrounds Sunday, August 28, 2022.

Gov. Kim Reynolds sues President Joe Biden over his student loan debt forgiveness plan

Emily Delgado, Politics Reporter September 29, 2022

Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds and governors in other five states filed a lawsuit against President Joe Biden’s student loan debt forgiveness plan on Thursday. Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas,...

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks in a Daily Iowan interview at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, April 5, 2022.

Grassley expects Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act to make progress

Emily Delgado, Politics Reporter September 28, 2022

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said he thinks the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act of 2022 will be passed because there is a consensus that a prior version of the act...

Fact Check | Cindy Axne ranks high in bipartisan action

Fact Check | Cindy Axne ranks high in bipartisan action

Sabine Martin, Managing News Editor September 27, 2022

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. If your time is short: U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne ranked...

(Left) Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, announces she is seeking reelection in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District during a press conference at Dahl Old Car Home in Davenport on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. (Right) Rep. Christina Bohannan poses for a portrait outside the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021.

1st District candidates clash on abortion, infrastructure in debate

Natalie Dunlap, Politics Editor September 26, 2022

The candidates in Iowa’s newly drawn 1st Congressional District found some common ground on issues like eminent domain, but mostly drew sharp ideological differences in a debate on Monday night hosted...

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks during Ashley Hinson’s BBQ Bash at the Linn County Fairgrounds Sunday, August 28, 2022.

Sen. Grassley on federal 15-week abortion ban: ‘this is a state issue’

Natalie Dunlap, Politics Editor September 14, 2022

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said abortion “is a state issue” in response to a proposed federal 15-week abortion ban from Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina.  “Finally, after 50 years,...

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Denis McDonough speaks with the media during his visit to Iowa City on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. McDonough met with University of Iowa Student Veterans during a roundtable discussion on the PACT Act implementation and access to VA programs. McDonough explained that it is very predominant that schools have what they had today and expressed, “One of our leaders of our veteran experience office, which allows us using date from every single interaction with veterans, helps us inform how we take care of our customers, which is at the end of the day how we should be conducting our business.” (Isabella Cervantes/The Daily Iowan)

U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough visits UI student veterans

Colin Votzmeyer, News Reporter September 13, 2022

U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough met with University of Iowa student veterans in the Iowa Veteran Education, Transition, and Support (IVETS) group to talk about programs and resources...