2020 Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Cory Booker spread a message of unity and hope throughout his tour of Iowa Friday. In his first visit to Iowa since the announcement of his presidential...
Iowa City Democrats and Republicans gathered on Tuesday in two separate events to watch President Donald Trump deliver his second State of the Union Address on the heels of the longest government shutdown...
As 2020 presidential-campaign announcements come one after another, and no clear front-runner for the Democratic nomination has yet emerged, candidates strategize how to best stand out amid nearly a dozen...
A day after a “big announcement” in her home state of Massachusetts regarding her plans to seek the Democratic nomination for president in 2020, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., will travel to eastern...
Marianne Williamson, Democratic presidential candidate and author, made a campaign stop at Prairie Lights on Feb. 2, where she addressed race relations in the U.S. and the need for more progressive economic...
Emily Wangen, Politics Reporter
• February 1, 2019
Feb. 5 update: This article has been updated with exact times and locations of Cory Booker's Iowa stops.
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., will visit Iowa City at 8:30 p.m. Feb. 8 at an Iowa City home as part...
Roughly two months after President Trump and leaders from Canada and Mexico signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, Iowa agriculture experts say the damage done by steel and aluminum tariffs...
As Congress emerged from the longest government shutdown in history, members of Iowa's congressional delegation support measures that aim to end shutdowns permanently.
The flurry of legislation comes...
Emily Wangen, Politics Reporter
• January 28, 2019
Despite Monday being the first day back for many federal employees in Iowa, community organizers continue to help workers affected by the 35-day shutdown until a regular pay schedule resumes.
To help...
Iowa will have seen two California Democrats eyeing the presidency by the end of this wintery week. U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell met with Linn County Democrats on Sunday, a day before Sen. Kamala Harris will...
Hawkeye Dreamers will not have to worry about leaving the U.S. for at least several more months after the Supreme Court on Tuesday took no action on a case concerning the legality of the Trump administration’s...
Despite criticisms of the $12 billion federal aid for farmers given in the midst of an ongoing trade dispute with China, Iowa soybean farmers say the package filled gaps created by market uncertainty....
