U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Wednesday he would take a step back and see how proposed tariffs on Canada and Mexico play out before he casts judgment.
By Sarah Watson, - Quad-City Times National Politics Jan. 22, 2025 6:02 pm237d ago
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Wednesday he would take a step back and see how proposed tariffs on Canada and Mexico play out before he casts judgment.
By STEPHEN GROVES - Associated Press National Politics Jan. 20, 2025 6:42 pm239d ago
Fresh off President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Senate on Monday passed a bill that would require federal authorities to detain migrants accused of theft and violent crimes, the first measure he likely will sign into law and giving more weight to his plans to deport millions of migrants.
By BILL BARROW and CHRIS MEGERIAN - Associated Press
National Politics Jan. 10, 2025 7:46 am250d ago
Jimmy Carter was celebrated Thursday for his personal humility and public service before, during and after his presidency during a funeral at Washington National Cathedral featuring the kind of pageantry the 39th U.S. president typically eschewed.
By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and MATT BROWN - Associated Press
Federal Government Dec. 23, 2024 2:57 pm268d ago
Facing a government shutdown deadline, the Senate rushed through final passage early Saturday of a bipartisan plan that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, dropping President-elect Donald Trump’s demands for a debt limit increase into the new year.
By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and MATT BROWN - Associated Press
National Politics Dec. 23, 2024 2:59 pm268d ago
The bill would fund government at current levels through March, provide $100 billion in disaster aid and $10 billion in assistance to farmers.
National Politics Dec. 2, 2024 7:09 am289d ago
President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the benefit of his family.
National Politics Nov. 25, 2024 5:02 pm295d ago
Federal prosecutors moved Monday to abandon the classified documents case against President-elect Donald Trump in light of longstanding Justice Department policy that says sitting presidents cannot face criminal prosecution.
By BILL BARROW, ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press
National Politics Nov. 24, 2024 7:50 am297d ago
President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be his agriculture secretary, the last of his picks to lead executive agencies and another choice from within his established circle of advisers and allies.
National Politics Nov. 21, 2024 11:53 am300d ago
Matt Gaetz withdrew Thursday as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general following continued scrutiny over a federal sex trafficking investigation that cast doubt on the former congressman’s ability to be confirmed as the nation’s chief federal law enforcement officer.
By Scott Stewart, - Council Bluffs Nonpareil
National Politics Nov. 14, 2024 8:16 am307d ago
Brenna Bird leads 23-state coalition demanding end to ‘illegitimate’ cases
By Gretchen Teske, - Quad-City Times
Business News Sep. 26, 2024 1:00 pm356d ago
Moline-based John Deere pushed back Wednesday against former President Donald Trump’s tariff threat by saying it’s not moving production to Mexico.
Crime & Courts Sep. 24, 2024 4:04 pm357d ago
Leo Christopher Kelly was freed last Thursday after an appeals court agreed to throw out one of his convictions
By Sarah Watson, - Quad-City Times
Health Care and Medicine Sep. 20, 2024 6:24 pm361d ago
Future UnityPoint facilities in Waterloo, Hiawatha are on hold while Bettendorf application is pending.
By RYAN J. FOLEY and BRIAN SLODYSKO - Associated Press
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 16, 2024 1:31 pm366d ago
"I was thinking, well, it would be nice to be in Congress and get to work with President Trump,” Wiederien, 54, reflected in an interview outside the Veterans Affairs hospital in Des Moines, where he was seeking treatment for a leaking incision on his head from previous brain surgery. “It looks like it’s a dirty trick now.”
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