Ted Cruz Tries To Woo Evangelical Voters In Iowa
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is stepping up his game in Iowa. The Texas senator has picked up influential endorsements there...
View ArticleIowa Evangelicals Warm To Ted Cruz
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is stepping up his game in Iowa. The first term Texas senator has picked up influential endorsements there and is drawing bigger crowds. At the stage of the...
View ArticleField Organizers For Clinton, Sanders Work To Build Momentum In Iowa
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Now we're going to hear about the field operations for the two Democratic candidates in Iowa - what their staffs and volunteers are saying when...
View ArticleWill The Supreme Court Nomination Fight Cost This Senator His Seat?
If Republicans don't hold hearings on the nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, Democrats believe the issue could help them win the Senate this November. One test case for this...
View ArticleIowa Republicans Struggle To Reconcile Support For Trump And TPP
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: There's one issue the major presidential candidates seem to agree on. Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton say they're opposed to President...
View ArticleIowa Moves To Restrict Collective Bargaining For Public Sector Workers
Lawmakers in Iowa began debating a bill Tuesday to dramatically change how public sector unions negotiate their contracts, part of a wave of legislation in statehouses across the country to roll back...
View ArticleTrump's DACA Moves Aren't Shaking His Most Loyal Supporters
Many conservatives pundits and lawmakers were incensed that President Donald Trump appeared to make a deal with Democrats to enshrine into law the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that...
View ArticleIn Danger Of Losing, Iowa Governor Enlists Republican Heavy Hitters Ahead Of...
Next month, 36 states will elect a governor. Nine of those races, where Republicans are in office, are so competitive that some analysts say they are a toss-up. Even though a Republican is in office...
View ArticleWhy Democrats See Opportunity In This Key State Office
The majority of states hold partisan elections for the person who also oversees the state's elections. The secretary of state, as the role is often called, is the chief election official and in most...
View ArticleMeet The Small-Town Newspaper Editor Who's Drawing 2020 Democrats To Rural Iowa
At first glance, Storm Lake, Iowa, doesn't seem like the sort of place that would attract Democratic presidential candidates. The town of 10,600 sits in the highly conservative northwest corner of the...
View ArticleWhen Your Living Room Becomes A 2020 Campaign Stage, 'It's Pretty Surreal'
The Iowa caucuses are still nine months away, and with at least 20 Democrats either considering a run or officially declared, many of them are looking for ways to stand out in the crowded field. One...
View Article'We're Tightening Our Belt': Trump's Midwest Support Tested As Farmers Struggle
Farmers in the rural Midwest say they are struggling because of President Trump's ongoing trade war and a recent decision the president made on renewable fuels made from corn and soybeans that benefits...
View ArticlePresidential Candidates Make An Entrance At Polk County Steak Fry
Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: It's called the Steak Fry, an annual tradition in Iowa. And this year, more than 12,000 people showed up. That's a lot of sizzle. Here's Iowa...
View ArticleWhy The Most Coveted Democratic Endorser In Iowa Isn't Picking Sides
A wide open competitive presidential primary should be a moment of opportunity and peak political leverage for ambitious and aspiring politicians in places like Iowa. But one of the most sought-after...
View ArticleRep. Steve King Fights For His Seat As GOP Works To Push Him Out
Weeks before the 2018 midterm, President Trump stood before a packed arena in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and singled out Rep. Steve King — then running for his ninth term. "[King] may be the world's most...
View ArticleYou Haven't Heard The Last Of Iowa This Election Cycle
Bringing up the Iowa caucuses should come with a trigger warning for Iowa Democrats like Patt Copley. "I was in shock," Copley, who lives in Marshalltown, Iowa, said. "And then it just went on and on...
View ArticleYou Haven't Heard The Last Of Iowa This Election Cycle
Bringing up the Iowa caucuses should come with a trigger warning for Iowa Democrats like Patt Copley. "I was in shock," Copley, who lives in Marshalltown, Iowa, said. "And then it just went on and on...
View ArticlePandemic Promotes Unexpected Music Collaborations
Copyright 2021 Iowa Public Radio News. To see more, visit Iowa Public Radio News . AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The pandemic upended the lives of musicians across the country. While they've been forced off...
View ArticleDemocrats Weigh Whether Iowa Should Stay 1st In Line For 2024 Election
While it's only 2021, a major question facing Democrats this year and next will be what to do about the presidential nominating calendar and whether Iowa, in particular, should retain its prized place...
View ArticleTrial Begins For Reporter Who Was Arrested Despite Identifying Herself As Media
Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Last May, Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri was pepper-sprayed, restrained with zip ties and arrested while covering social...
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