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Hairstylist and reality TV Star Jonathan Van Ness introduces Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., at NewBo Market in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, Jan. 26. Van Ness endorsed Warren and spoke about her platform issues such as health care and discrimination.

Jonathan Van Ness brings star power to Iowa for Elizabeth Warren

Rylee Wilson, Politics Reporter January 26, 2020

Queer Eye star Jonathan Van Ness drew hundreds of people out while campaigning for Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Sunday afternoon — though many students said they are still not sure which candidate...

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. speaks to the audience during a campaign event for Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. on Friday, January 24, 2020. Although Sanders could not attend the event, Ocasio-Cortez spoke in his place. The Iowa caucuses, just under two weeks away, will take place on February 3.

Late Friday night, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rallies several hundred people for Bernie Sanders in Iowa City

Caleb McCullough, Politics Reporter January 25, 2020

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said radical change is necessary to adapt to issues such as wealth inequality and climate change while campaigning in Iowa for presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie...

Professor Anita Hill gives a speech on sexual harassment on Thursday, January 23, 2020.

Anita Hill calls on 2020 candidates to address sexual assault during University of Iowa stop

Rylee Wilson, Politics Reporter January 23, 2020

Professor Anita Hill promised herself she would speak about sexual assault for at least two years after her 1991 testimony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, hoping she would see government...

Fact Check | Yes, major green groups opposed new USMCA trade deal

Fact Check | Yes, major green groups opposed new USMCA trade deal

Rylee Wilson, Politics Reporter January 22, 2020

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan's Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. Speaker’s name: Bernie Sanders Statement: “The...

Mary Kosloski reads with her son Felix during an office opening event for Senator Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. in Iowa City on Dec. 28.

Caucuses and kids: Making the big decision through a parent’s eyes

Sarah Watson, Managing Editor January 21, 2020

Emily Johnson and Ian Cawley started preparing for a Cory Booker presidential campaign event in North Liberty the night before, having discussed and planned for days in advance. They weren’t campaign...

Former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg hosts a town hall at Cedar Rapids Veterans Memorial Building Armory on Jan 21. Buttigeg is a democratic hopeful for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination.

Buttigieg, Loebsack rally for last-minute support in Cedar Rapids

Caleb McCullough, Politics Reporter January 21, 2020

CEDAR RAPIDS — Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa, joined former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg to implore undecided caucusgoers for support in a late push just two weeks ahead of the Iowa caucuses....

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the Black and Brown Forum in Des Moines on Monday. VICE interviewed each of the presidential hopefuls still in the race on their records, plans, and a minute of short answer questions.

Presidential hopefuls attend Brown and Black forum in Iowa on MLK Day

Julia Shanahan, Politics Editor January 20, 2020

DES MOINES — A panel of eight presidential candidates, seven of them white, attended a forum in Des Moines focused exclusively issues affecting underrepresented communities just two weeks out from Iowa’s...

U.S President Donald Trump speaks as Sen. Joni Ernst from Iowa looks on during a meeting with Republican senators on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017 in the Roosevelt Room of the White House   in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Joni Ernst praises trade agreements ahead of U.S. Senate vote on USMCA

Caleb McCullough, Politics Reporter January 16, 2020

Moments before going to the senate floor to ratify a new North American trade deal, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, said to reporters in a conference call that she was thrilled by recent developments in international...

College students in Iowa get a front-row seat to national politics

College students in Iowa get a front-row seat to national politics

Julia Shanahan, Politics Editor January 15, 2020

DES MOINES — First-time voters and college students in Iowa have had some of the most access to the presidential candidates than any other student body in the country. Twenty days out from the Iowa...

Six candidates made their final pitches to Iowans while together on a single stage Jan. 14, 2020 at the January Democratic debates hosted by CNN and the Des Moines Register. Photo available to The Daily Iowan from CNN.

Presidential hopefuls make final pitches to Iowans 20 days out from caucuses in Democratic debate

Julia Shanahan and Caleb McCullough January 15, 2020

DES MOINES — Six Democratic presidential hopefuls took the debate stage in Des Moines on Tuesday night, making their final pitches to Iowans 20 days before the first-in-the-nation caucuses. Produced...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during the 2019 Liberty and Justice Celebration at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Friday, November 1, 2019.

Elizabeth Warren announces plan to cancel student-loan debt through executive authority

Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren announced Tuesday her plan to implement her student-debt cancellation program without Congress through existing laws in the Department of Education. As a part...

President Donald Trump walks to the podium during the Iowa GOP’s America First Dinner at the Ron Pearson Center in West Des Moines on Tuesday, June 11, 2019.

President Trump to hold rally in Iowa Jan. 30

Sarah Watson, Managing Editor January 13, 2020

Just four days before the Iowa caucuses, President Trump will host a rally in Des Moines. The "Keep America Great Rally" will be Jan. 30 at Drake University. Doors open at 3 p.m. and the rally starts...