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...
Cody Blissett, Managing Visuals Editor
• January 15, 2025
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...
Former U.S. President, Georgia peanut farmer, and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter, known for giving the Iowa Caucuses its national platform, died Sunday. He was 100.
Carter put the Iowa...
President-elect Donald Trump filed a lawsuit against renowned pollster J. Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register for a poll released three days before the election showing Vice President Kamala Harris...
The week before the 2024 election, Iowa Democrats were cautiously optimistic. Polling showed the party could stem their previous losses in the state and maybe even gain on Republican control.
Democrats...
The law comes after last year’s FAFSA form was released three months late due to significant technical glitches in a new, simplified version of the form. The new form was a result of the FAFSA Simplification...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a joint letter Monday with 16 other Republican governors urging Congress to reauthorize the Farm Bill, which is the legislation that authorizes financial assistance programs...
Incumbent Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, wins Iowa’s 1st Congressional District after a recount confirmed her victory.
Miller-Meeks secured her third term in the U.S. House with 50.1 percent...
Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst will lead the U.S. Senate’s “DOGE” caucus, which will work with the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency formed by President-elect Donald Trump...
President-elect Donald Trump named University of Iowa alum Matthew Whitaker to be the U.S. ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization under his administration on Wednesday morning.
Whitaker...
Congressional Election Observers from Washington, D.C., will watch over an official recount of ballots for Iowa’s 1st Congressional District, according to a news release. The decision was made by...
Following in his dad’s footsteps, Michael O’Brien hopes to open a business after graduating from the University of Iowa. O’Brien, however, is worried the state of the economy will hinder him...
