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 Machinists Union does not (support the USMCA trade deal). And every environmental organization in th...
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 staff, venue setter-uppers, or part of a Booker volunteer group; they were parents bringing their 5-week-old...
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. Loebsack endorsed Buttigieg for the Democratic presidential-nomination on Jan. 12, and he has ...
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 first-in-the-nation caucuses. Vice News hosted the Brown and Black forum at the Iowa Events Ce...
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 trade among some of Iowa’s biggest trade partners. In July of 2018, China imposed retaliatory tariffs...
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 caucuses, the sixth Democratic presidential debate took place in Des Moines at Drake University, ...
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 by CNN in partnership with the Des Moines Register, candidates and moderators mentioned Iowa a co...
Elizabeth Warren announces plan to cancel student-loan debt through executive authority
Sarah Watson, Caleb McCullough, Julia Shanahan
January 14, 2020
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 of the executive branch, Warren would direct the department to begin canceling student-loan debt larg...
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 at 7 p.m. Free tickets are available at this link. Trump's visit comes just before the first nominating contest for Democrats campaigning to be t...
Cory Booker ends presidential campaign
Rylee Wilson, Politics Reporter
January 13, 2020
New Jersey Senator Cory Booker suspended his presidential campaign Monday morning. “I will carry this fight forward,” Booker wrote in a statement on his website. “I just won’t be doing it as a candidate for president this year.” It’s with a full heart that I share this...
Bernie Sanders urges climate action in Iowa City after rising in the Iowa Poll
Caleb McCullough, Politics Reporter
January 12, 2020
Accompanied by Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said the U.S. has to act with a fierce sense of urgency to avoid climate disaster in his first visit to Iowa City since his rise to the top of the latest Iowa Poll. “We are actually, within our own lifetimes, with our own eyes, seeing the changes that are taking place,” Sanders said at a climate rally at the Graduate hotel on Sunday. The U.S. senator from Vermon...
Julián Castro ends presidential campaign
Sarah Watson, Managing Editor
January 2, 2020
Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro suspended his presidential campaign Thursday morning. He released a video on twitter thanking supporters where he said right now "simply isn't our time." It’s with profound gratitude to all of our supporters that I suspend my campaign for ...