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WATCH: Fact-checking Trump’s claims that Iowa farmers are doing well
Um actually☝️
WATCH: Trump says other countries ‘screwed’ Iowa farmers. Farmers say it’s tariffs.
During a visit to Iowa, Trump said farmers' woes were the result of Biden-era policy and foreign countries. The New York Times reports the...
WATCH: Trump asks Iowa crowd if he should run for president a fourth time
Last we checked, that's against the Constitution.
WATCH: US Rep. Miller-Meeks said she’d give the ‘one-finger salute’ to protesters outside Trump event
US Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, in an opening speech for a Trump event in Iowa, said she wanted to give the crowd of protesters gathered outside...
WATCH: Iowans protest Trump visit
A crowd of Iowans protested outside of the Horizon Events Center in Clive on Jan. 27, 2026, where Trump delivered a speech on energy and the economy.
WATCH: Iowa Sen. Catelin Drey reveals cancer diagnosis on Senate floor
Iowa state Sen. Catelin Drey has Stage 1 uterine cancer. Announcing her upcoming hysterectomy from the Senate floor, she vowed to document her...
