Liam Halawith, Senior News and Politics Editor
• December 19, 2023
CEDAR RAPIDS — Florida Gov. and presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis honed in on his strong record of delivering conservative results at a visit to Cedar Rapids on Tuesday campaign stop with less than...
Liam Halawith, Senior News and Politics Editor
• December 13, 2023
Former President Donald Trump reiterated his criticism of Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ endorsement of GOP presidential hopeful Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis during an address in Coralville on Wednesday evening.
Trump’s...
Liam Halawith, Senior News and Politics Editor
• December 12, 2023
University of Iowa second-year student Logan Shearer sees himself throwing his support behind Ohio biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy for the Jan. 15 Iowa Republican caucuses.
The Republican voter...
Liam Halawith, Senior News and Politics Editor
• December 7, 2023
CNN will hold a televised presidential debate at Drake University in Des Moines on Jan. 10, less than a week before the Iowa Republican caucuses on Jan. 15.
The event is the first debate in Iowa...
Liam Halawith, Senior News and Politics Editor
• December 5, 2023
As pandemic-era federal investments in child care expire, providers across Iowa and the U.S. are left to fill the growing gap in funding. Lawmakers are exploring bipartisan efforts to help struggling...
Liam Halawith, Senior News and Politics Editor
• December 5, 2023
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, announced the findings of a Government Accountability Office report on Tuesday, which revealed that the majority of federal office space is unoccupied due to extensive...
Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held his 99th County Rally at the Thunderdome in Newton, Iowa, on Saturday.
DeSantis is trailing former President Donald Trump in the...
Former President Donald Trump held a rally for his 2024 presidential campaign at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids on Saturday.
The former president is ahead of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A handful of booths selling “Make America Great Again” apparel lined the parking lots outside of Kirkwood Community College’s Johnson Hall on Saturday for the almost 1,000...
NEWTON, Iowa — At a campaign stop on Saturday, GOP presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis finished off his 99-county tour of Iowa — colloquially termed a “full Grassley” — and announced a plan...
Liam Halawith, Senior News and Politics Editor
• December 1, 2023
Iowa’s four Republican Representatives voted to expel New York Republican George Santos from the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday morning.
The vote comes after the House Ethics Committee...
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, is OK after choking on her meal at a private senate lunch on Thursday. U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., a retired ophthalmologist, successfully performed the Heimlich maneuver.
Following...