President Donald Trump speaks at a roundtable event at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, July 23, 2026. The event promoted the administration’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge that seeks to…
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird touts the Billion Pill Pledge as an effective part of the state’s crusade against the opioid crisis. (Photo by Jared Strong/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Iowa Senate…
Dave Muhlbauer, Democratic candidate for Iowa lieutenant governor, tours Ember Recovery, a rehabilitation and recovery facility in Cambridge, July 23, 2026. (Photo by Kadin Luhmann/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Dave Muhlbauer, Democratic…
Soldiers at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on July 22, 2026, carry Army 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, who died July 18, 2026, from injuries suffered during an enemy…
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, at a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on Thursday, July 23, 2026 criticized committee Democrats opposed to the nomination of Todd Blanche as attorney general. (Screenshot from…
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson pledged to be President Donald Trump’s ally in the U.S. Senate if elected to succeed U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst in 2026 during her campaign kickoff event…
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, right, walks by reporters at the U.S. Capitol on May 21, 2026. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — Former career Department of Justice officials…
U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Virginia, speaks during a 2020 news conference in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Education experts and advocates warned Wednesday that the recent…
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley criticized the WNBA Wednesday, saying it had been “unfair” to former University of Iowa basketball star Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever. Shown here, Clark reacts…
From left: former U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia Kenneth Quinn, former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack speak on a panel at the Iowa Hunger Summit July…
Stock market information overlaid on a photograph of the U.S. Capitol. (Photo illustration by Getty Images) WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans passed a measure to curb stock trading by members…
Democratic Secretary of State candidate Ryan Peterman held a news conference at the Iowa State Capitol July 22, 2026 announcing that he was filing public records requests on the Secretary…
A vote on a budget resolution in the U.S. House on July 22, 2026, sets up a confrontation between GOP lawmakers in Congress over exactly how much funding to provide…
A sign advertises that SNAP benefits are accepted at a grocery store in Fargo, North Dakota, on July 7, 2026. (Photo by Ceilidh Kern for the North Dakota Monitor) WASHINGTON…
Amendment 1 will ask voters if they support an amendment to the Iowa Constitution to make tax increases in the state more difficult to implement by requiring approval from a…
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