President Donald Trump said on TruthSocial on Thursday night that he’s coming to Iowa twice before the Nov. 3 election “to get truly fantastic Warriors elected.” The first Trump rally will be in Sioux City on Thursday. The rally will begin at 4:30 p.m. although speeches are not scheduled to start until 6 p.m., according […]
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Fatou Traore, an Iowa City resident for more than 20 years, has been deported to Sierra Leone, a country she has no connection to
Fatou Traore, a longtime Iowa City resident, has been deported to Sierra Leone, a country to which she has no connections. Traore was seized by two ICE agents on Sept. 24, when she arrived at her sister’s house at approximately 6:30 a.m. to drive her to work. The agents displayed no identification and did not […]
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With Fatou Traore still in ICE custody, supporters plan Cedar Rapids rally; Grassley says his staff will look into helping
Family, friends and supporters of Fatou Traore are holding a rally and vigil at the federal building in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday morning as they continue their efforts to secure the release of the longtime Iowa City resident from ICE detention. Traore, an immigrant from the West African county of Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire), has […]
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Hundreds rally to free Iowa City mother seized by ICE and facing third-country deportation; Miller-Meeks asks for stay from DHS
Early last Thursday morning, ICE agents seized a longtime Iowa City resident as she was preparing to drive to work with her sister. Fatou Traore came to the United States in 2005 from the Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire), a West African nation. In 2011, an immigration court judge granted her an order of withholding of […]
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Trump lawsuit over Iowa Poll dismissed with prejudice
Donald Trump’s lawsuit over the Iowa Poll published by the Des Moines Register three days before the November 2024 election was rejected by a Polk County District Court on Wednesday afternoon. The poll, conducted by Selzer & Co., showed Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate for president, leading Trump by 3 percentage points among […]
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Democrats running in Iowa’s competitive 1st and 3rd Districts release first TV ads
Iowa Democrats running in two of the country’s most competitive U.S. House districts have released their first television campaign ads of the 2026 general election cycle. On Thursday, state Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott, a Democrat who is running in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District, released an ad titled “Quick.” The 30-second spot will begin airing on […]
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Turek took in more money than Hinson over last reporting period; three of four Democrats running for U.S. House outraise Republicans
U.S. Senate candidate Josh Turek and three of the four Democrats running for U.S. House in Iowa raised more money than their Republican competitors during the most recent campaign finance reporting period, according to reports published by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) this week. The reports are for the FEC’s second quarter, which covers the […]
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Windschitl ends 4th District campaign after Trump snub, dire fundraising report
Rep. Matt Windschitl, former Iowa House majority leader, was the latest candidate to announce his congressional campaign suspension Friday. Fields are narrowing in races for federal offices in Iowa, as fundraising reports show some candidates pulling ahead of primary challengers. Windschitl, who began his bid for Iowa’s 4th Congressional District in July 2025, announced Friday […]
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Misinformation about fentanyl, gangs and U.S. history flies as Trump, Iowa Republicans justify Venezuela attack
Just hours after the news broke that U.S. forces had invaded Venezuela early Saturday morning to capture the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, both of Iowa’s senators and all four of its U.S. House members issued statements praising President Trump for ordering the attack. Trump was at his Florida home/members-only country club on Friday night when he […]
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Your Village: Why is there a truck driving around with a big image of Rep. Miller-Meeks as the Grinch?
Last night I saw a truck with a light-up display of Mariannette Miller-Meeks as a green-faced Grinch. Who did that? –RB, Iowa City The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) did that. The DCCC — pronounced “D triple-C” by political types — announced in an email on Wednesday that it was “launching a new billboard campaign […]
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Mariannette Miller-Meeks is no longer claiming to be a resident of the district she represents in Congress
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks is no longer claiming to be a resident of the congressional district she represents in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Republican incumbent, now in her third term, has never been a resident, as that term is commonly understood, of Iowa’s 1st Congressional District. When not in Washington D.C., Miller-Meeks lives in […]
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Appeals court sides with Trump, letting him move his Iowa Poll lawsuit back to state court
In a split decision on Friday, a three-member panel of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Donald Trump, overturning a lower court ruling and clearing the way for Trump to move his lawsuit over the final Iowa Poll of the 2024 election back to state court. Last December, then-President-elect Trump filed a lawsuit […]
