Iowa State Sen. Janice Weiner, D-Iowa City, will lead Iowa’s Senate Democrats in the next legislative session.
Weiner is a first-term state senator from Iowa City and previously served on the...
Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst will lead the U.S. Senate’s “DOGE” caucus, which will work with the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency formed by President-elect Donald Trump...
The Iowa House will have a new committee focused on Higher Education in the next legislative session starting on Jan. 13. Iowa House Republicans, who expanded their majority in November, seek to do...
President-elect Donald Trump named University of Iowa alum Matthew Whitaker to be the U.S. ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization under his administration on Wednesday morning.
Whitaker...
Congressional Election Observers from Washington, D.C., will watch over an official recount of ballots for Iowa’s 1st Congressional District, according to a news release. The decision was made by...
Following in his dad’s footsteps, Michael O’Brien hopes to open a business after graduating from the University of Iowa. O’Brien, however, is worried the state of the economy will hinder him...
With former President Donald Trump on his way back to the White House after beating out Vice President Kamala Harris, University of Iowa campus political organizations are mixed about the results of...
Iowa City Democrat Christina Bohannan is requesting a recount of votes in all 20 counties that comprise Iowa’s 1st Congressional District where she trails incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette...
Young voters were key to Donald Trump’s path to the White House, with the demographic following national headwinds shifting to the right. The change dealt a critical blow to Democrats, who led the...
U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, announced she would vie for House GOP Conference Secretary Tuesday afternoon.
Miller-Meeks, who is narrowly expected to win reelection this year by...
A handful of University of Iowa students were among hundreds of poll workers who helped run dozens of election precincts in Johnson County on Election Day. The students, however, were getting class credit.
The...
Iowa Democrats react to former President Donald Trump winning a second term in the White House, calling for Democrats to empower each other and further their work.
Trump led in the Hawkeye state...
