There's nothing quite like a Clinton press conference to bring out the madness of today's political news cycles. Reports came out early last week that Hillary Clinton used a personal email for her work at the State Department, setting off an all-out media frenzy on...
In a room full of evangelical Christian conservative leaders on Monday, Texas Senator Ted Cruz did not hold back in his criticism of President Barack Obama. Cruz blasted the President on foreign policy, focusing in on his strategies against the terrorist group...
It felt like caucus season once again this weekend with multiple likely Republican candidates and the entire national press showing up in Des Moines for the Ag Summit. Bruce Rastetter, in an obvious attempt to make himself a caucus kingmaker, hosted the event and...
Starting Line will be live-blogging Bruce Rastetter's Iowa Ag Summit happening today at the Iowa Fair Grounds. A long list of potential Republican presidential candidates, along with many Iowa leaders, are slated to speak to the crowd. About 200 national and Iowa...
The next great Republican cattle call is this weekend at GOP mega-donor Bruce Rastetter's Ag Summit in Des Moines. The event will discuss issues affecting Iowa and the nation's agriculture with a number of likely Republican presidential candidates and other Iowa...
Democrats on the House Labor Committee fought back against a new Republican proposal during a marathon meeting on Wednesday night. On Monday House Republicans had introduced without warning a bill to change collective bargaining rights for public school teachers....
The Washington Post reported on Wednesday afternoon that Matt Paul will run Hillary Clinton's Iowa operations for the caucus. Paul was the communications director for Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack until today. Paul will return to his home state where he has...
For a couple hours there on Monday, it looked like Democrats might really not have any race at all for their nomination. Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski, the longest-serving woman in Congressional history, announced she will be retiring after her current term...
Legislation isn't the only thing being talked about under the golden dome these days. It's that time in the campaign cycle when potential candidates are sizing up the competition, while incumbents are deciding whether they really want to go through another...
If you're not in the room where decisions are being made, you might not like what choices others are making for you. That's the advice a Cornell College professor gave Liz Bennett about eight years ago. "Women your age take for granted all of the things that you...
