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Althea Cole
Staff Columnists Sep. 26, 2024 3:36 pm344d ago
After many predicted Shapiro, Harris chooses progressive Minnesota governor
Althea Cole
Staff Columnists Aug. 5, 2024 12:14 pm396d ago
It’s not uncommon for political movements to arise from court decisions that don’t go the way activists or political leaders …
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 8, 2024 1:47 pm332d ago
“Under President Trump we will secure the border. We will deport these dangerous illegals, and we will make America safe again. And that is a promise,” U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, who is running for reelection, said to applause.
Nation and World Jul. 29, 2024 9:59 am403d ago
President Joe Biden is calling on Congress to establish term limits and an enforceable ethics code for the court's nine justices. He's also pressing lawmakers to ratify a constitutional amendment limiting presidential immunity.
Campaigns & Elections Jul. 29, 2024 7:53 am403d ago
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear offered a message of unity Saturday to Iowa Democrats who say they’re fired up by a groundswell of enthusiasm across the party with a change at the top of ticket.
Althea Cole
Staff Columnists Jul. 28, 2024 5:00 am404d ago
In an episode from the final season of one of TV’s greatest and most timeless shows, The Golden Girls, simple-minded …
Althea Cole
Staff Columnists Jul. 22, 2024 5:00 am410d ago
President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he is withdrawing from his 2024 re-election bid. The President’s exit from the race …
Tom Barton, Erin Murphy, Caleb McCullough, Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau
Government & Politics Oct. 4, 2024 2:12 pm336d ago
Iowa Democrats on Sunday applauded President Joe Biden’s decision to bow out of the presidential race, after weeks of pressure from allies over concerns that he would be unable to beat Donald Trump in November.
By Bill Barrow - Associated Press
National Politics Jul. 22, 2024 8:06 am410d ago
The path to the Democrats nominating a new candidate is neither easy nor obvious, even with Biden endorsing Harris. There are unanswered questions about logistics, money and political fallout.
By Zeke Miller, Colleen Long and Darlene Superville - Associated Press
National Politics Jul. 21, 2024 5:54 pm410d ago
President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, ending his bid for reelection after a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about the incumbent's fitness for office with the election just four months away. It was a late-season campaign thunderstrike unlike any in American history.
Government & Politics Jul. 15, 2024 11:59 am417d ago
Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Jeff Kaufmann, who will give the speech formally nominating Donald Trump to be elected president, emphasized lowering the political temperature and heated rhetoric in the presidential race.
Government & Politics Jul. 12, 2024 7:48 am420d ago
Congressional Republicans and Democrats are trading barbs over GOP-written legislation that would ban noncitizens from voting in U.S. elections, which already is prohibited.
By Sarah Watson, - Quad-City Times
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 8, 2024 1:51 pm332d ago
Two of Iowa's Democratic congressional candidates are calling on President Joe Biden to end his campaign for president.
Government & Politics Jul. 11, 2024 4:06 pm421d ago
Iowa U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley and federal whistleblowers are raising alarm over the government’s alleged complicity in human trafficking at the nation’s southern border, calling for greater oversight and accountability from the federal government.