Worried about losing in 2024, Iowa's Republican voters are less interested in...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A man in Iowa stood up at a recent town hall and told Ron DeSantis he had an “easy” question: How would the Florida governor address abortion when it’s sure to be a big issue...
View ArticleWhy does Iowa launch the presidential campaign?
Iowa assumed its position as the state that votes first for a presidential nominee more than 50 years ago. But its 1972 caucuses didn't feel very historic. Two folding tables at state Democratic Party...
View ArticleRFK Jr.'s insurgent bid collides with issues over ballot access
Democrats fear Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will cause significant damage to President Biden in this year’s election — assuming the independent candidate can get on enough ballots. Kennedy, the controversial...
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Democrats reject Johnson’s border demands as part of Ukraine aid package
House Democrats wasted no time this week rejecting Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) demands for strict new border security measures in return for Ukraine aid, posing the latest obstacle in Congress’s...
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Hunter Biden reverses course, would sit for closed-door deposition with new...
Hunter Biden reversed course Friday and said he would agree to give closed-door testimony to Congress if the House Oversight and Judiciary committees issue new subpoenas. Hunter Biden’s lawyer, Abbe...
View ArticleHunter Biden indicates willingness to comply with a Republican subpoena under...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden on Friday indicated a new willingness to testify before lawmakers under certain conditions but held firm against complying with a current subpoena as House Republicans...
View ArticleDeSantis plans to go from Iowa to South Carolina, instead of New Hampshire,...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Ron DeSantis is taking his battle with Nikki Haley directly to her home state, planning to head straight to South Carolina — which holds the first GOP votes in the South —...
View ArticleIowa campaign events are falling as fast as the snow as the state readies for...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Campaign events have continued to fall as swiftly as the Iowa snow as wintry weather hampers the leadoff GOP caucus state, with Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis and former President...
View ArticleIowa's sparsely populated northwest is a key GOP caucus battleground for both...
ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Some of the most contested real estate for Iowa's Republican caucuses is a vast, wind-swept plain where hogs outnumber people by the millions. Northwest Iowa's landscape is...
View ArticleRepublican candidates struggle with Civil War history as party grapples with...
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Republicans make their case for the future, they keep getting stuck on the past. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spent much of the summer mired in controversy over new educational...
View ArticleSlowing inflation suggests that Biden's policies are helping, but American...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden can make an increasingly strong case that he's helped fix inflation — if only he can get voters to believe him. Figures issued this past week reflected a historic...
View ArticleIowa's winter blast could make an unrepresentative way of picking...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Most Iowans won't be out Monday night. Never mind that it's forecast to be well below zero, with wind chills as low as minus 40 degrees, and the roads may still be icy from a...
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Winter storm to bring snow, winds, ice and life-threatening chill to US,...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Brutally cold weather could prove a deadly challenge Saturday amid a continuing wave of Arctic storms that has hammered much of the country with blinding snow, freezing rain and...
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DeSantis reaches for momentum out of Iowa
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis faces a moment of truth in the Iowa caucuses Monday after making the Hawkeye State the paramount priority in his presidential bid. Despite investing nearly everything in...
View ArticleCongressional leaders reach deal to avert government shutdown
Congressional leaders have reached a deal to avert a government shutdown next week, landing on a two-step stopgap bill that will keep the lights on in Washington into March, according to three sources...
View ArticleTrump, Haley, DeSantis campaign in frigid Iowa in the final days before the...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley pushed across ice-cold Iowa Saturday to find voters open to an alternative to former President Donald Trump with just two days before the state's...
View ArticleUS military academies focus on oaths and loyalty to Constitution as political...
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — For 75 minutes, Maj. Joe Amoroso quizzed his students in SS202, American Politics, about civilian leadership of the military, the trust between the armed forces and the public,...
View ArticleHunter Biden’s trip to Congress shows split between his team, White House
Hunter Biden's trip to Capitol Hill this week is shining a bright light on how Hunter Biden’s approach to the GOP investigations into his business dealings is independent of the White House. President...
View ArticleHaley wins backing from ex-Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, who won't mount his own...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Squelching speculation of a third-party presidential run, former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Sunday endorsed Nikki Haley for the GOP nomination, saying he feels she “is the...
View ArticleTrump is endorsed by a former rival, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, ahead of...
INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum endorsed Donald Trump 's comeback bid for the White House Sunday ahead of the Iowa caucuses, a month after he ended his own longshot campaign for...
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