While millions of people gathered in the streets of cities around the country and world to speak out against the new administration in Washington, others participated in a form of protesting of their...

By Maria Curi and Emily Kresse [email protected] President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he had picked ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to serve as the next secretary of State. Tillerson’s...

By Matthew Jack [email protected] U.S. Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., announced on Monday that a bipartisan bill to streamline the process for health-care appointments for...

By Maria Curi  [email protected] DES MOINES — President-elect Donald Trump spoke at Hy-Vee Hall in the Iowa Events Center on Dec. 8 as part of his “Thank You Tour,” and he formally announced...

By Matthew Jack [email protected] Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad on Wednesday accepted President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination to be the U.S. ambassador to China, vacating his role as the nation’s...

CEDAR RAPIDS (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad met with the President-elect Donald Trump in New York on Tuesday but had no announcement about a post in the new administration. The meeting followed speculation...

By Matthew Jack [email protected] In 1985, a Chinese official named Xi Jinping, the director of the Feed Association of Shijiazhuang Prefecture, visited Muscatine as the leader of a delegation...

By Maria Curi [email protected] If Republican candidate and Le Claire, Iowa, police Sgt. Mike Gonzales wins the Iowa Senate District 45 seat, he will become the first Latino elected to the state’s...

CANNON BALL, N.D. — The company building a $3.8 billion oil pipeline sought a federal judge’s permission Tuesday to circumvent President Obama’s administration and move ahead with a disputed section...

Iowa politicians point out some holes in Donald Trump’s immigration plans. By Maria Curi [email protected] President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration numbers are not adding up, according to...

By Maria Curi [email protected] After spending most of the last several election cycles as a blue state, Donald Trump turned Iowa red once again, winning a whopping 93 of the battleground state’s...

In the closest presidential election since 2000, Republican Donald Trump stunned the country by upsetting Democrat Hillary Clinton to capture the Oval Office. Early Wednesday morning, the Associated Press...