Federal Government

CEDAR RAPIDS – City leaders were overjoyed Friday as they reported that a joint U.S. House-Senate conference committee has approved …

Boaters at Coralville Lake will notice more buoys in the water this summer in an attempt to keep boaters from …

WASHINGTON – The fate of the Keystone Pipeline has become one of the more unusual dilemmas in years in Congress …

PARIS – France on Wednesday offered to send security service agents to Nigeria to help recover more than 200 schoolgirls …

U.S. administration officials, private sector executives and privacy advocates are reviewing a draft of a bill that would encourage sharing …

HIAWATHA — First district congressional candidates offered tweaks they’d like to see in the Affordable Care Act, which is commonly …

WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court justices across the ideological spectrum voiced doubts on Tuesday about a state law that prohibits …

DALLAS – A deadly 2013 fertilizer warehouse explosion in Texas that claimed at least 14 lives could have been prevented, …

DES MOINES, Iowa – Paul Lunde’s name won’t be on the June 3 primary election ballot, but the Ames Republican …

BOSTON – A year ago, Piper Peterson was achingly close to finishing her fifth Boston Marathon, having just turned right …

WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) – The main source of federal funds for U.S. highway construction and repair will run dry …

WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will announce an initiative on Wednesday to devote $600 million to address …