Climate Hawk Sen. Hogg Rebukes Pence in Boone
In Boone's McHose Park, as hundreds of bikers joined Republican Sen. Joni Ernst en route to the city's Central Iowa Expo from the Big...
Dubuque Mayor One of Dozens Across US Joining to Denounce Trump on Paris Accord
On Thursday, Dubuque Mayor Roy D. Buol joined 85 others across the United States in committing to uphold the carbon-curbing goals expressed in the...
Fact-Checking Congressman Rod Blum on the Paris Accord
Shortly after Donald Trump's Rose Garden address Thursday in which he officially announced that the US would withdraw from the Paris Accord, the international...
Union Organizer Cathy Glasson to Explore Gubernatorial Bid [Updated]
Update, 6/1: On Thursday, John Norris, a former chief of staff to Democratic Gov. Tom Vilsack and past Iowa Democratic Party chairman, filed paperwork...
The Trumpstad Report: China, Confirmed
Part of a series on the ties that bind Iowa’s former governor and the president.
Last week, four months after President Trump nominated him for...
Leaked Docs Reveal Private Security Firm’s Surveillance of Iowa Pipeline Protesters
An international private security firm with ties to the infamous, now-defunct military contractor Blackwater conducted routine surveillance of Dakota Access pipeline protesters in Iowa...
As Russia Scandal Heats Up, Iowa GOP Chairman Dismisses It After Oval Office Visit
Iowa GOP Chairman Jeff Kaufmann visited President Trump last Thursday in the Oval Office, where, as the Des Moines Register reported Monday, "Trump discussed...
Former Bernie Sanders Operative to Challenge David Young for Congress
Update, 4/25: D'Alessandro has released a statement announcing he is exploring a run for Congress. The statement is an expanded version of what he...
Chelgren Approves Cuts to Domestic Abuse Victims’ Fund
Earlier this week, the justice systems appropriations subcommittees of the Iowa House and Senate approved a bill that would slash funding for grants that...
Steve King Demands Media “Apoligize” for “Relentless Attacks” Against Him
Republican Steve King, an outspoken white nationalist who represents Iowa's 4th Congressional District that includes Ames, took to Facebook Thursday to demand that the...
