The Iowa Republican Party is holding onto plans to have its traditional straw poll at the caucus in February to decide the Republican nominee in the bid for the White House. Still, local party leaders...
Following a string of reported e-cigarette-related deaths in the United States, the Trump administration on Wednesday moved to ban all flavored e-cigarettes — underregulated smoking-alternative devices...
Julia Shanahan, Assistant Politics Editor
• September 11, 2019
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., will hold a town hall at the Iowa Memorial Union next Thursday, Sept. 19.
Doors will open at 5:15 p.m. and the event is scheduled to begin at 6:45 p.m. and end at 8:45...
A majority of Americans have negative views of political polarization in America, and one Iowa group is trying to change that. According to 2018 research data from the Pew Research Center, just a quarter...
Julia Shanahan, Assistant Politics Editor
• September 10, 2019
2020 presidential hopeful Tom Steyer will have a meet and greet in Iowa City on Thursday, ahead of not qualifying for the Sept. 12 presidential debates.
The event will be at Hamburg Inn No. 2, 214 N...
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders held a rally on the Pentacrest Sunday as part of a tour of the three Iowa regent universities, focusing on issues that matter to students in an effort to mobilize young voters.Â
Sanders...
On the T. Anne Cleary Walkway, tailgating near Kinnick Stadium, and tucked away in meeting rooms at the Iowa City Public Library, University of Iowa students are working hard to elect who they hope will...
Julia Shanahan, Assistant Politics Editor
• September 5, 2019
Sen. Bernie Sanders, Vt., will make a campaign stop in Iowa City on Sept. 8, starting with a tailgate on the University of Iowa Pentacrest and ending at The Mill.
Sanders will be on the Old Capitol...
About five months out from the Iowa caucuses, Susan Daggett — wife to U.S. Senator from Colorado Michael Bennet — clutched a couple pages of notebook paper in her hand and launched into her husband’s...
Julia Shanahan, Assistant Politics Editor
• September 3, 2019
Since January, The Daily Iowan has covered more than 50 events across eastern Iowa and other parts of the state that featured one or more 2020 presidential hopefuls, and one thing has proved consistent:...
