The decision centers on tariffs imposed under an emergency powers law, including the sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs he levied on nearly every other country.
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST - Associated Press Federal Government Feb. 20, 2026 11:15 am4d ago
The decision centers on tariffs imposed under an emergency powers law, including the sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs he levied on nearly every other country.
By SOPHIA TAREEN - Associated Press News Feb. 17, 2026 8:56 am7d ago
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader's assassination, died Tuesday. He was 84.
By Sarah Watson, - Quad-City Times
National Politics Feb. 10, 2026 6:14 pm13d ago
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley defended, on the Senate floor and in remarks to Iowa reporters on Monday, making public the names of FBI employees named in whistleblower reports to his office.
National Politics Jan. 27, 2026 5:32 pm27d ago
President Donald Trump delivered remarks on energy and the economy at the Horizon Events Center in Clive this afternoon.
By Shauneen Miranda, - News from the States
National Politics Jan. 21, 2026 4:33 pm33d ago
President Donald Trump is scheduled to travel to Iowa on Jan. 27 to deliver a speech focused on the economy and energy, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles told reporters Wednesday.
By Mónica Cordero, Investigate Midwest
Agriculture Dec. 16, 2025 7:36 am70d ago
Chinese state-backed money is remaking the hemisphere’s ports, reshaping grain routes to Asia and squeezing U.S. farmers as tariffs deepen the split with Washington.
By Cassandra Stephenson, Tennessee Lookout; Gabby Nelson, Buffalo’s Fire and Mónica Cordero, Investigate Midwest
Agriculture Dec. 15, 2025 8:23 am71d ago
The Trump administration has announced $12 billion in relief for farmers but that won’t cover all their losses.
By JOSHUA GOODMAN, JIM MUSTIAN AND ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press
National Politics Dec. 13, 2025 11:37 am73d ago
Chuck Grassley has made a name for himself in Washington with his longtime support for whistleblowers, but he’s coming under criticism from Democrats and good government advocates who say Grassley has been conspicuously silent as the Trump administration has investigated the president's perceived enemies, fired agents who worked on politically sensitive cases and upended the Justice Department’s independence.
By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press
National Politics Dec. 11, 2025 4:27 pm74d ago
The Senate on Thursday rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year.
Maya Marchel Hoff, Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau
Campaigns & Elections Dec. 9, 2025 9:43 am77d ago
Iowa Democrats are divided on whether the party should split from national party leadership on how to hold the 2028 Democratic caucuses in the state, while most agree that Iowa should play an influential role in the presidential selection process.
By KEVIN FREKING, JOEY CAPPELLETTI and MATT BROWN - Associated Press
National Politics Nov. 12, 2025 7:33 pm103d ago
The House passed a bill Wednesday to end the nation's longest government shutdown, sending the measure to President Donald Trump for his signature after a historic 43-day funding lapse that saw federal workers go without multiple paychecks, travelers stranded at airports and people lining up at food banks to get a meal for their families.
By Jared McNett, - Sioux City Journal
Campaigns & Elections Nov. 11, 2025 12:36 pm105d ago
In the two weeks since Iowa U.S. Rep. Randy Feentra formally launched his bid for governor of Iowa, the three-term congressman has been campaigning as though he's already in the general election, directing his attacks at Iowa Auditor Rob Sand, the Democratic Party front-runner for the 2026 election to succeed Gov. Kim Reynolds.
Maya Marchel Hoff, Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau
National Politics Nov. 6, 2025 7:21 am110d ago
During a radio town hall on conservative radio host Simon Conway’s show Tuesday night, U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks was asked by callers whether she supports Trump’s use of tariffs, with one caller saying Iowa farmers are ”hurting” from tariffs right now and are looking for places to sell their crops at a fair price.
By CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press
National Politics Nov. 4, 2025 7:21 am112d ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84.
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