After capturing national headlines on Friday for her response of, “Well, we all are going to die,” to an Iowan worried cuts to Medicaid in the Republican budget bill will […]
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‘I want clean water. I want clean air’: Democrat Nathan Sage brings Senate campaign to Iowa City
“At the end of the day, we’re all pissed off and we’re tired of what’s going on and we need a change,” Nathan Sage told the packed room at Big […]
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‘We are entering a new Gilded Age — and it’s time to fight back’: Democrat Nathan Sage launches a run for Joni Ernst’s Senate seat
“I’m Nathan Sage, dad, mechanic, sports radio host, vet, child of a trailer park in Iowa,” the first Iowa Democrat to enter the 2026 U.S. Senate race says in a […]
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Ethical concerns surround Sen. Joni Ernst’s relationships with top military officials who lobbied her committee
This story was originally published by ProPublica, Earlier this year, the Air Force revealed that the general who oversaw its lobbying before Congress had inappropriate romantic relationships with five women, […]
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Trump’s blanket J6 pardons include 10 Iowans, some who chased, assaulted officers
Ten Iowans are included in President Trump’s mass clemency for the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of his supporters. The attack, which was intended […]
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Sen. Joni Ernst tells Storm Lake students not to worry about Trump’s plans for mass deportations and detention camps
Sen. Joni Ernst told Storm Lake High School students on Friday they don’t need to worry about President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations of undocumented immigrants. “Ernst insisted potential […]
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Sen. Joni Ernst rallies Pennsylvanians for Trump in lead-up to Nov. 5
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst told a group in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania on Friday that she was on the national campaign trail supporting Donald Trump because Iowa was already guaranteed to support […]
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Brenna Bird continues crusade against non-English voting materials once fought by Steve King
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is trying to prevent people from getting access to official voting forms – such as voter registration forms, absentee ballot request forms and ballots – […]
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Iowa Republican leaders line up behind Trump after FBI raid: ‘We’ve got a right 2b skeptical’
Iowa’s leading Republicans once again followed Donald Trump’s lead and used social media on Tuesday to suggest corruption led to FBI agents executing a search warrant at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property […]
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Report: Ernst to push for nationwide abortion restrictions as Supreme Court prepares to overturn Roe v. Wade
Hours before Politico published an apparent leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade and declaring there is no constitutionally protected right to choose an abortion […]
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As McConnell calls Jan. 6 ‘a violent insurrection,’ Grassley and Ernst avoid giving direct answers on the issue dividing Republicans
The Republican National Committee’s attempt to whitewash the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol as “legitimate political discourse” while condemning two Trump-critical party members has led to pushback […]
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‘Total, total shit show’: Grassley and Ernst vote to acquit Trump
On Saturday, seven Republicans joined all 50 Democrats in the U.S. Senate to convict Donald Trump of the one count of inciting an insurrection for which the House of Representatives […]
