Articles Tagged: Donald Trump

Republicans have seized on Biden’s verbal gaffes and out-of-context video clips to assert “cognitive decline.”

But Iowa senator, House members continue defense of Trump

History shows incumbent presidents with low approval ratings typically hurt down-ticket candidates

Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst joined conservative colleagues in vowing to oppose Democratic legislation and confirm judicial and political appointees nominated by Democratic President Joe Biden to protest former President Donald Trump's recent felony convictions in a New York hush-money trial.

Iowa Republican officials condemned the trial and unanimous guilty verdict by a New York jury as a politically motivated “sham.”

Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex.

Under the Biden plan, the taxpayer loses.

Though he criticized the legal challenges Trump is facing, Grassley told reporters he had not been closely following the trial that began late last month. He said he was spending time in meetings and voting in Washington and holding town halls in Iowa.

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Wednesday agreed to hold two campaign debates — the first on June 27 hosted by CNN and the second on Sept. 10 hosted by ABC — setting the stage for the first presidential face-off in just weeks.

A spokesperson confirmed that the Republican Attorneys General Association paid for the trip on Monday.

An Iowa Attorney General’s Office spokeswoman said no Iowa taxpayer dollars were spent on Bird’s trip to New York

Republican Party of Iowa Chair Jeff Kaufmann also discussed the state’s first-in-the-nation caucuses and the working relationship between Donald Trump and Kim Reynolds for Iowa PBS’ “Iowa Press”

Trump Media & Technology Group, whose flagship product is social networking site Truth Social, will soon begin trading on the Nasdaq stock market.

TikTok bill pushed by Iowa’s U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson heads to House floor

The governor’s endorsement comes after she supported Ron DeSantis in Iowa’s GOP caucuses.