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Iowa’s U.S. House members — all Republicans — voted Thursday to pass President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill, sending it to him to sign before the Fourth of July holiday weekend and just a few hours before Trump was set to speak in Des Moines at an event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds.

This week on the podcast, a familiar Democrat enters the Iowa-1 race while a familiar Democrat exists the Iowa-4 race. Plus, we cover the Iowa connections to last weekend's shooting in Minnesota.

Also in the Campaign Almanac, Sarah Trone Garriott is endorsed by an organization promoting ‘next generation’ political leaders

Iowa City Democrat and University of Iowa law professor Christina Bohannan hopes the third time will be the charm, as she runs again to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks in Iowa's 1st District.

Also, campaign fundraising reports for the first three months of the year show Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks raised $1 million in preparation for a re-election bid.

State lawmakers once again are working to make Iowa’s election recount laws more consistent, while also considering other changes to elections laws.

Iowa election recount reform legislation is advancing in the Iowa House; it differs greatly from recount reform introduced earlier by Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate.

The senator from Vermont spoke to hundreds at Iowa City’s Englert Theater Saturday morning.

There are two city council candidates for Iowa City, both in their 30s. One is Ross Nusser, who lives in …

Current U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks fended off Pautsch in the GOP primary in 2024, winning with about 55 percent of the vote to Pautsch's 44 percent. It was a stronger than expected showing for Pautsch, who raised just $43,000 for the race.