National Politics

See photos as several candidates for the Republican nomination for president attended the annual Cy-Hawk football game.

Saturday's football game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and Iowa State Cyclones was a magnet for Republican presidential candidates, including former President Donald Trump.

Congress will be racing to pass a plan to keep the government funded when it returns to Washington this month.

See photos of 13 Republican Presidential hopefuls speaking in Des Moines.

All but one of the major Republican presidential contenders will converge in Des Moines Friday for the Republican Party of Iowa’s annual Lincoln Dinner, the biggest gathering of the 2024 field in Iowa so far.

Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has received a letter informing him that he is a target of the Justice Department's investigation into efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election, an indication that he could soon be indicted by federal prosecutors.

Eight Republican Presidential candidates spoke at Sen. Joni Ernst’s annual fundraiser in Des Moines.

See photos from Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg’s visit to the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids

See photos of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaking at an event in Cedar Rapids

Though Ron DeSantis hasn't officially declared for next year's presidential election, the two-term Florida governor had a lot to say about 2024 during his keynote address at Saturday's Feenstra Family Picnic in Sioux Center, Iowa.

Republican presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson told UI students Monday his priorities would be creating growth in the private sector, controlling spending and reducing the power of government.

The competition between Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis is intensifying as the former president is scheduling a return trip to Iowa on the same day that the Florida governor was already going to be in the state that will kick off the Republican contest for the White House.