The 2016 presidential election is a stark example of lopsided media attention, perhaps one of the most in recent history. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has the legion of old-media institutions...

Donald Trump is triumphant because he a superb actor and understands American cultural history. The secret of Trump’s success as a politician: His racist expressions are disingenuous, reflecting his...

Tom Ackerman [email protected] Andrew Alemao, the man who threw tomatoes at Donald Trump at a rally in the University of Iowa Field House in January, faces a $65 fine after pleading guilty...

Beau Elliot [email protected] Thank God (or somebody — Donald Trump?) for human beings. How else would we be blessed with conspiracy theories? I mean, rocks are great for lots of things, but they’re...

Before the caucuses, a group of Iowa athletes gave their tacit (and explicit) endorsement to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Should they have done it?    No On Jan. 26, Donald...

Keith Reed [email protected] Many voters were shocked to hear that Donald Trump entered the presidential race for the Republican Party. I was one of them (granted, I do not care too much for politics,...

Beau Elliot [email protected] Then one day, the Sun rose in the west, and everybody’s shadow was somehow different. “Hey, dude, you’re standing on my shadow,” some random dude told me. “No,...

WEST DES MOINES — A unique self-funded presidential campaign based on outspoken principles and heavy media coverage was not enough to crown Donald Trump the winner of the 2016 Republican caucuses Monday,...

The Daily Iowan has reporters around Iowa City and Des Moines covering Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucuses. The DI has spoken with several individuals caucusing for the first time for Democratic...

In a bizarre turn of events, the victor of Thursday night’s GOP debate was not even on the stage. In fact, he wasn’t even in the building. Instead, Republican national frontrunner Donald Trump...