Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson fiddled on her violin with a four-piece band, playing a series of country tunes as attendees piled coleslaw, baked beans and pulled pork onto paper plates, while a slate of Republican presidential candidates worked the room at Hinson’s annual BBQ Bash political fundraiser in Cedar Rapids Sunday.
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Trump appeared before a magistrate judge in Washington’s federal courthouse two days after being indicted on four felony counts by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith.
A super PAC backing former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley's presidential campaign released its first campaign ad of the 2024 presidential cycle in Iowa and New Hampshire.
On the podcast this week, the Iowa State Fair’s political schedule takes shape, one state lawmaker is headed overseas to play baseball and another is arrested on RAGBRAI, and the state rescinds a tax credit from a Davenport developer — and you can probably guess why.
The Des Moines Register will host 13 presidential candidates at this year’s Political Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair, the paper announced Thursday.
A group opposing former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign announced another round of advertising in Iowa on Wednesday, using testimonials from Trump voters who have soured on the former president.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds released a list of 2024 presidential candidates who will join her for one-on-one interviews at next month's Iowa State Fair. She said she invited Trump, but he’s not on her list of hopefuls who have accepted.
A pair of recent polls of Iowa Republican voters show U.S. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is gaining ground in the contest for the party’s presidential nomination, while former President Donald Trump retained a commanding lead.
Chase Oliver, the Libertarian candidate running for president, stopped in Cedar Rapids Sunday for a meet-and-greet event with voters and Linn County Libertarians.
On the podcast this week, we revisit the Family Leadership Summit, Donald Trump returns to Iowa, and the new abortion restrictions in Iowa are put on pause.
When Gov. Kim Reynolds seized the spotlight from a half dozen Republican presidential contenders by signing a restrictive abortion measure into law at an event meant to showcase the candidates, she embraced her front-and-center role in the 2024 presidential election.
An anti-Trump organization is ramping up its advertising presence in Iowa, launching a new ad attacking former President Donald Trump for his recent critique of fellow Republican Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds.
A super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis launched an ad in Iowa this week that uses an AI-generated Donald Trump voice to attack him for his recent social media comments about Gov. Kim Reynolds.
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