Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst has faced sharp criticism this week for perpetuating a conspiracy theory accusing medical professionals of inflating COVID-19 cases and deaths, but this is not the first time Ernst has peddled far-right falsehoods in an election year. Six years...
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst has faced sharp criticism this week for perpetuating a conspiracy theory accusing medical professionals of inflating COVID-19 cases and deaths, but this is not the first time Ernst has peddled far-right falsehoods in an election year. Six years...
Congresswoman Cindy Axne's campaign is pushing back on a new ad from her Republican challenger, David Young, accusing him of trying to "mislead Iowa voters" by misstating his voting record on health care and distorting the policies Axne supports. Young's new TV ad...
Congresswoman Cindy Axne's campaign is pushing back on a new ad from her Republican challenger, David Young, accusing him of trying to "mislead Iowa voters" by misstating his voting record on health care and distorting the policies Axne supports. Young's new TV ad...
Congresswoman Cindy Axne's campaign is pushing back on a new ad from her Republican challenger, David Young, accusing him of trying to "mislead Iowa voters" by misstating his voting record on health care and distorting the policies Axne supports. Young's new TV ad...
A Democratic advocacy group founded by former Sens. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Joe Donnelly of Indiana is zeroing in on Sen. Joni Ernst's first reelection race in an effort to engage rural Iowans to vote against the incumbent Republican. A new social media...
County auditors in Iowa found out on Aug. 20 they are not allowed to set up absentee ballot drop boxes in their communities ahead of the Nov. 3 election, despite having utilized them in past elections. The next day, when asked about the concerns of county auditors...
The lessons of Rita Hart’s childhood, lessons that have helped inform her public life, are neatly summed up in the words of Mother Teresa: “Live simply so that others can simply live.” The quote, inscribed on her parents’ tombstone, is indicative of how Hart has...
Iowa Republican Ashley Hinson came under scrutiny this summer in light of reporting that showed she had plagiarized portions of op-eds and policy proposals from news outlets and Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer's campaign website. Rather than a one-off mistake, a...
Sam Clovis, co-chairman of Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and a prominent Iowa Republican, was accused in a bipartisan letter from the Senate Intelligence Committee of lying to congressional investigators as they conducted an inquiry into Russian interference in the...
