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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Iowa programs address veteran unemployment

Iowa programs address veteran unemployment

Emily Wangen, Politics Reporter August 26, 2018

Despite Iowa’s unemployment rate declining, the rate of unemployed Iowa veterans has risen in the last two years, prompting action from politicians. The annual unemployment rates in Iowa in 2016 and...

Sen. John McCain receives the applause from the audience before beginning a foreign policy address to the World Affairs Council in Los Angeles in March 2008 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel. He talked about a collaborative foreign policy with input of allies abroad that differs from the go-it-alone approach of President Bush. (Annie Wells/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Iowa politicians take to social media to honor colleague John McCain

Sarah Watson, Politics Editor August 26, 2018

After Sen. John McCain, 81, an iconic maverick and Republican, died Saturday, Iowa politicians of both sides of the aisle responded with condolences and memories of the senator on social media. The...

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, responds to questions from the crowd at a Town Hall meeting in the Iowa Memorial Union on Friday, Sept. 22, 2017.

After Tibbetts’ death, politicians call for immigration action

Sarah Watson and Elianna Novitch August 23, 2018

A day after authorities announced a murder charge had been filed against a reportedly undocumented immigrant in the case of missing UI student Mollie Tibbetts, Iowa’s GOP senators called to revisit 2016...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during her first Condition of the State address in the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018.

Reynolds seeks to boost rural development

Julia Shanahan, Politics Reporter August 23, 2018

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has announced upcoming summits for the Empower Rural Iowa Initiative, an outreach program centered on rural Iowa, which will take place in September. Officials have yet to determine...

The Planned Parenthood-Iowa City Health Center is seen on Monday, July 9, 2018.

No exceptions: Group seeks to join abortion suit

Elianna Novitch, Politics Reporter August 22, 2018

As litigation continues over the so-called fetal-heartbeat law, a new anti-abortion group has filed a motion to be included in the courtroom, contending that its advocacy is relevant to the lawsuit. The...

White House releases video in response to Mollie Tibbetts' death

White House releases video in response to Mollie Tibbetts’ death

Gage Miskimen, Editor in Chief August 22, 2018

The White House Twitter account released a video on Wednesday in response to the death of UI student Mollie Tibbetts. In the video, individuals shared stories of crimes committed against their children...

President-Elect Donald Trump thanks fans while making his entrance during an event for Trump and Vice President-Elect Mike Pence in Des Moines on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

President Trump on Tibbetts’ death: ‘immigration laws are such a disgrace’

Gage Miskimen, Editor in Chief August 21, 2018

President Donald Trump briefly talked about the death of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts during his rally in Charleston, West Virginia on Tuesday. Trump commented on the arrest of Cristhian...

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, responds to questions from the crowd at a Town Hall meeting in the Iowa Memorial Union on Friday, Sept. 22, 2017.

Iowa senators echo Gov. Reynolds’ condolences, comments on immigration system

Sarah Watson, Politics Editor August 21, 2018

The Iowa senators released a joint statement on the evening of Aug. 21 after authorities announced that missing UI student Mollie Tibbetts had been killed. She vanished between the evening of July 18...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during her first Condition of the State address in the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. Reynolds took over the governor office in May of 2017.

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds condemns immigration system after Mollie Tibbetts’ death

Sarah Watson, Politics Editor August 21, 2018
Amid reports of Mollie Tibbets’ body found in rural Poweshiek County, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds offered prayers and condolences to the Tibbetts’ family and called for justice in a press release Tuesday.
Then-Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, talks to reporters at the Eight Circuit Judicial Conference in Des Moines on Friday, Aug. 17, 2018.

Senators lose summer break, sort of

Emily Wangen, Politics Reporter August 20, 2018

Parting from tradition, Iowa senators are back at work in Washington following the cancellation of the August recess. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said on Aug. 17 that the Senate is working to pass 12...

U.S. President Donald Trump waves from Air Force One on Thursday, March 29, 2018 upon arrival in West Palm Beach Airport, Florida. (Johnny Louis/Sipa USA/TNS)

Trump approves presidential disaster proclamation for Iowa’s severe weather

Emily Wangen, Politics Reporter August 20, 2018

Following severe weather and flooding throughout June and into the early days of July, President Donald Trump issued a major disaster declaration for the state of Iowa. The declaration will make federal...

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke at the Eighth Circuit Judicial Conference at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines Friday, August 17, 2018. Sessions spoke to a group of judges supporting President Trump's U.S. Supreme Court nomination, Brett Kavanaugh.

U.S. Attorney General Sessions continues criticizing lower courts’ stalling of Trump policies

Sarah Watson, Politics Editor August 17, 2018
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions railed against “limitless injunctions” Friday at an Eighth Circuit Judicial Conference in Des Moines.