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Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst said Thursday she does not believe systemic racism exists in Iowa when pressed to give a direct answer during the final U.S. Senate debate before Election Day. “To be clear, do you believe that systemic racism exists here?” a debate moderator asked Ernst. “No, I don’t,” Ernst replied. “I believe that…

Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst said Thursday she does not believe systemic racism exists in Iowa when pressed to give a direct answer during the final U.S. Senate debate before Election Day. “To be clear, do you believe that systemic racism exists here?” a debate moderator asked Ernst. “No, I don’t,” Ernst replied. “I believe that…

It’s hard to imagine how a governor could be more consistently embarrassing during the pandemic than Gov. Kim Reynolds of Iowa. At last night’s Donald Trump rally in Des Moines, close to 10,000 people packed together at the airport to see the President. Reynolds revved up the Trump supporters beforehand, maybe a fourth of whom…

It’s hard to imagine how a governor could be more consistently embarrassing during the pandemic than Gov. Kim Reynolds of Iowa. At last night’s Donald Trump rally in Des Moines, close to 10,000 people packed together at the airport to see the President. Reynolds revved up the Trump supporters beforehand, maybe a fourth of whom…

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Federal Election Commission to take action against Iowa Values, a dark money group the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center argues is illegally tied to Sen. Joni Ernst and her reelection campaign. Adav Noti with the Campaign Legal Center said Wednesday afternoon on Twitter, “A federal judge has granted our…

Sen. Joni Ernst, in her first Judiciary Committee hearing with a Supreme Court nominee, used her opening statement to praise Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s faith, family and professional accomplishments as a lawyer and professor. But Ernst also falsely accused Senate Democrats of religious bigotry, despite them spending the entire confirmation hearing focused on health care…

Sen. Joni Ernst, in her first Judiciary Committee hearing with a Supreme Court nominee, used her opening statement to praise Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s faith, family and professional accomplishments as a lawyer and professor. But Ernst also falsely accused Senate Democrats of religious bigotry, despite them spending the entire confirmation hearing focused on health care…

Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst said Sunday there is “no reason” President Donald Trump “shouldn’t be out and about” campaigning if he has tested negative for COVID-19, the highly infectious respiratory disease he was diagnosed with on Oct. 2. “He should be negative, and if that’s true, there’s no reason he shouldn’t be out and about,”…

For J.D. Scholten, visiting all 374 towns in Iowa’s sprawling 4th Congressional District gave him the opportunity to see up close “the potential in this district.” But it also put into focus the hardships facing rural America, from closed down grocery stores to low crop prices and struggling hospitals. In Palo Alto County, just south of…

For J.D. Scholten, visiting all 374 towns in Iowa’s sprawling 4th Congressional District gave him the opportunity to see up close “the potential in this district.” But it also put into focus the hardships facing rural America, from closed down grocery stores to low crop prices and struggling hospitals. In Palo Alto County, just south of…