For the first time since 1859, the United States Marines Corps is functioning without a Senate-confirmed leader, due to the actions of one US Senator: Republican Tommy Tuberville of Alabama. Tuberville has engaged in a months-long campaign to block every single...
Just a few weeks ago, Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a public statement in support of Donald Trump after his federal indictment, but now the two Republicans seem to be on the outs after Trump publicly confirmed a rift Monday. On his Truth Social media platform, the former...
The Iowa State Committee of the American College of Trial Lawyers condemns impeachment threats made against Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Christensen and Justices Waterman and Mansfield arising from their decision in Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, et al, v....
Abortion bans endanger people’s lives and fly in the face of medical science and training. That was the message delivered by Dr. Emily Boevers, an OB-GYN in Waverly; Dr. Francesca Turner, an OB-GYN in Des Moines; and Dr. Jill Meadows, the former medical director for...
Get wild in Iowa this summer with our roundup of adventure and theme parks for every thrill seeker in your crew.
We asked staffers at Courier Newsroom, Iowa Starting Line's parent company, to share recommendations for books to read this summer. Here’s what we came up with. Okay, confession: I started gathering information for this story in part because I was looking for book...
Former President and 2024 GOP frontrunner Donald Trump, who is under indictment federally and in the state of New York on unrelated charges, used a Friday event in Council Bluffs to attack transgender people and tied one of those attacks to Iowa wrestling legend Dan...
Republicans in the Iowa Legislature have dropped their new six-week abortion ban, which will be heard during the special legislative session starting Tuesday, July 11. The law requires physicians test for “a detectable fetal heartbeat” with an abdominal ultrasound...
Here are eight fun races over the next few months that are just a little bit off the beaten path.
While college graduates are smothered by debt by a loan sharking financial system while the wealthy are lining their pockets and gaming the system, the message is truly clear: Forgiveness for me but not for thee.
