Joni Ernst's Lindsey Graham moment came in 2018 during an editorial board interview in which the Iowa senator told reporters a precedent was set in 2016 not to confirm a Supreme Court justice in an election year. Much like Sen. Graham, who in 2016 said "I want you...
Joni Ernst's Lindsey Graham moment came in 2018 during an editorial board interview in which the Iowa senator told reporters a precedent was set in 2016 not to confirm a Supreme Court justice in an election year. Much like Sen. Graham, who in 2016 said "I want you...
Mariannette Miller-Meeks kicked off the month of September with a new ad criticizing her Democratic opponent, who holds no elected office, for doing "nothing to protect us from the pandemic." Miller-Meeks, meanwhile, is a state senator, physician and...
One of my co-workers at the Des Moines Register was Gene Raffensperger, an excellent reporter with a delicious sense of humor. When Raff was working on a dull story, he often would announce to colleagues, “We’re going to need another tanker of Murine. I’ve got an...
The National Republican Congressional Committee is out with a new ad today criticizing Democrat Rita Hart for supporting a tax credit aimed at boosting Iowa's economy through investments in renewable chemicals, a growing sector in the state that benefits farmers...
It's the Democratic presidential candidate Joni Ernst thought she was undermining, it's just not playing out the way she'd hoped. In a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll released this morning, Joe Biden is tied with Donald Trump in Iowa, both garnering 47% of...
It's the Democratic presidential candidate Joni Ernst thought she was undermining, it's just not playing out the way she'd hoped. In a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll released this morning, Joe Biden is tied with Donald Trump in Iowa, both garnering 47% of...
Ashley Hinson said during a recent Iowa Public Radio interview her goal, when it comes to federal family planning policy, is "to save as many lives as possible," referring to abortion. Hinson's stated goal, however, is in stark contrast with the reality in Iowa,...
After the news broke tonight of the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst took to Twitter to express her condolences for the trailblazing jurist. "My prayers go out to the family of Justice Ginsburg. She was a pioneer who paved...
At a time when the American public is reading headlines about Congress primarily focused on how politicians have failed to come together on another coronavirus relief package, Iowa Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer passed two bills through the House of Representatives...
