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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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International student Yao Wang sits in her apartment in Hawks Ridge on July 8, 2019. Wang is studying Computer Science and is in her final semester. (Katie Goodale/The Daily Iowan)

UI Chinese students face difficulties as international tensions increase

Julia Shanahan, Politics Editor July 9, 2019

Yao Wang, a Chinese student at the University of Iowa, said that while she likes studying computer science, she would rather study something such as cyber security. But, she said, the major is too “high...

Rep. Bobby Schilling (R-IL/17). (MCT)

Former U.S. representative announces bid for Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District

Julia Shanahan, Politics Editor July 8, 2019

Former U.S. Rep. Bobby Schilling announced a bid for Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District on July 8. Schilling, a Republican who represented an Illinois district along the Mississippi River, will run...

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, speaks to supporters during an ice cream social, Tuesday, July 2, 2019, at the Robert A. Lee Recreation Center in Iowa City, Iowa.

Bernie Sanders rallies at an Iowa City ice-cream social

Julia Shanahan, Politics Editor July 2, 2019

New York City native Kamila Agi-Mejias said at a Sen. Bernie Sanders campaign event in Iowa City on July 2 that she will vote for the presidential-nomination candidate who she feels has the best chance...

Newman Abuissa, a Syrian-American, talks about the Syrian peoples experience at the UICHR Syria Panel in the University Capitol Centre on Wednesday, September 11, 2013. (The Daily Iowan/Emily Burds)

Iowa City engineer announces congressional bid

Julia Shanahan, Politics Editor June 30, 2019

Democrat Newman Abuissa, an Iowa City transportation engineer, launched a campaign for Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District on June 30 at an event in the Iowa City Public Library. Abuissa was born and...

Rita Hart, Democratic candidate for Iowa's Second Congressional District, speaks to supporters at Yotopia in Iowa City on Sunday.

Rita Hart makes a campaign stop at Iowa City Yotopia

Julia Shanahan, Politics Editor June 30, 2019

Rita Hart, a Democratic candidate for Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, made a campaign stop in Iowa City on June 30, where she spoke about her experience as a public-school teacher and growing up on...

Gubernatorial candidate Ross Wilburn speaks during the Johnson County Democrats BBQ at the Johnson County Fairgrounds on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017. Multiple gubernatorial candidates spoke at the event as well as guest speaker Rep. Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa).

Former Iowa City mayor runs for Iowa House in special election

Rylee Wilson, News Reporter June 30, 2019

Ross Wilburn, a former Iowa City mayor, is the Democratic nominee in a special election for the Iowa House of Representatives in Ames. Iowa House District 46 was vacated by Rep. Lisa Heddens after...

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, waves to an audience with special guests former United States Ambassador Nikki Haley and Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, concluding her annual Roast and Ride event in Boone, Iowa on Saturday, June 15, 2019. (Wyatt Dlouhy/The Daily Iowan)

Joni Ernst commences 2020 Senate campaign at Roast and Ride

Julia DiGiacomo, Politics Reporter June 15, 2019

BOONE, Iowa — Leading a pack of motorcycles, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, rode into her re-election campaign kickoff at the fifth-annual Roast and Ride on June 15, where supporters and elected Iowa officials...

President Donald Trump walks to the podium during the Iowa GOP’s America First Dinner at the Ron Pearson Center in West Des Moines on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. (Wyatt Dlouhy/The Daily Iowan)

Trump in Des Moines: ‘You will be the ones to shape America’s future’

Julia Shanahan, Politics Reporter June 11, 2019

WEST DES MOINES — President Trump spoke at an Iowa GOP dinner on June 11, two days after the largest gathering of Democratic presidential candidates so far this election cycle. To a crowd of around...

Sen. Cory Booker, D-NJ, appears on a Political Party Live podcast in Iowa City on Saturday, June 8, at the Graduate hotel.

Sen. Cory Booker advocates for racial equality in Iowa City

Julia Shanahan, Politics Reporter June 8, 2019

2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Cory Booker told podcast Political Party Live on Saturday that growing up in an inner-city neighborhood in New Jersey drove him to advocate for criminal-justice reform...

Portrait from greenfieldforiowa.com

Democrat Theresa Greenfield enters 2020 U.S. Senate race

Julia Shanahan, Politics Reporter June 3, 2019

Democrat Theresa Greenfield announced on June 3 that she will run against Republican incumbent Sen. Joni Ernst in 2020. In a video on Twitter, Greenfield pledged her “farm-kid values” and talked...

Sen. Cory Booker, D-NJ. , speaks during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Monday, July 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Cory Booker to appear on Political Party Live in Iowa City

Julia Shanahan, Politics Reporter June 1, 2019

New Jersey Sen. and 2020 Democratic presidential-nomination candidate Cory Booker will be in Iowa City on June 8 for an event with Political Party Live. Political Party Live is an Iowa-based podcast...

Photo from Kimberly Graham's U.S. Senate campaign Facebook

First Democratic challenger to Joni Ernst announces candidacy

Sarah Watson, Politics Editor May 14, 2019

Kimberly Graham, a lawyer from Indianola, launched her campaign for the Democratic nomination to face Republican incumbent Joni Ernst for a seat in the U.S. Senate. She is the first Democratic challenger...