Nicole Hasso, a Republican candidate for Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District, said she thinks the pandemic was a good thing for the United States because of the increased political activism it caused. “When COVID hit, I think that was the best thing that ever...
The day after Halloween, Sen. Chuck Grassley was spreading some fear of his own on Twitter. Grassley tweeted about the amount of fentanyl that had been seized at the US-Mexico border, claiming it was enough to kill more than a fourth of the world's population. He...
Groups working against US Rep. Cindy Axne have poured more than $2 million in TV advertisements to attack her and the broader Democratic agenda in 2021, well over a year before the election. The ads connect Axne, Iowa's lone congressional Democrat, to pieces of the...
If you've listened to Rep. Ashley Hinson lately, you'd think that under a new proposal, every time you pay your rent, buy a new TV or computer, or otherwise spend at least $600, a notification will pop up on the screen of an IRS employee tracking your every move....
Sen. Chuck Grassley gave a stirring, 25-second explanation of why he was accepting former President Donald Trump's endorsement last night: solely because it would help him politically. The 88-year-old senator briefly took the stage with Trump before a crowd of...
Gov. Kim Reynolds took a trip down to the US-Mexico border Wednesday to accuse President Joe Biden of being responsible for the surge in migration and not doing enough to handle it. Reynolds denied her visit was a political stunt and said Biden needed to take...
Iowa State Sen. Liz Mathis pushed back last week on Rep. Ashley Hinson's characterization of congressional Democrats' budget proposal as "socialism" for, in part, expanding Medicare coverage, saying Hinson was simply using "a political buzzword" to dismiss the...
Dr. Jill Biden joined Rep. Cindy Axne for events in Des Moines on Wednesday to promote the third child tax credit payments being delivered today. President Joe Biden’s expanded child tax credit includes higher payments for every child parents have. For families...
When asked about signing legislation that prevented schools from instituting mask mandates, Gov. Kim Reynolds said she was acting on the concerns of Iowa parents. “We had kids being isolated because they couldn’t wear a mask,” Reynolds told WHO 13’s Dave Price in...
Last year, Iowans unimpressed with Gov. Kim Reynolds’ handling of the COVID-19 pandemic gave her a new moniker: "COVID Kim." Since then, the name has become common among Reynolds’ critics online. WHO 13's Dave Price asked her about it in an interview that aired...
