In a week that many candidates had planned to talk agriculture plans in Iowa, the latest mass shootings over the past weekend quickly shifted the debate. At individual campaign events, multi-candidate gatherings, the State Fair and now a hastily-assembled forum in...
Julian Castro said Donald Trump's attack on his brother, Joaquin Castro, amounts to an attack on campaign finance transparency laws. Joaquin Castro drew criticism from Republicans after he tweeted out the names of Trump donors following the El Paso terrorist...
While the State Fair kicked off in Des Moines yesterday, I continued my hitchhiking trek across Western Iowa with the presidential candidates. In case you missed my first story, I discovered this week that several of the candidates' events line up just perfectly...
Joe Biden said it best at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox: "I've been around a long time." Biden, a former Vice President, U.S. senator and three-time presidential candidate, is no stranger to Iowa or its State Fair. Whether it was his status as a...
Iowans flocked to the Des Moines Register Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair for the first time this election cycle Thursday afternoon. While the soapbox is a popular place for Iowa Democrats to gather, they said it's not necessarily the be-all and end-all for the...
It’s the first week of the Iowa State Fair, which means every single presidential candidate is flocking to Iowa. Even if you live outside Des Moines or Clear Lake, you may have chances to see four or five candidates around your hometown over just a few-day span....
Sen. Amy Klobuchar released her "Plan from the Heartland" today, kicking off some time in Iowa with a speech at the Griffieon Family Farm in Ankeny, Iowa. Klobuchar refers to the plan as an "optimistic economic agenda" to strengthen and protect the way of life in...
The AFL-CIO in Des Moines has scheduled at least 21 Democratic presidential candidates will speak at the largest labor cattle call in the nation Aug. 21 at Prairie Meadows. The event is open to union members and the media, though not the general public. Charlie...
Sen. Joni Ernst came to the U.S. Capitol in 2015 on a promise to make Washington "squeal." She vowed to "cut wasteful spending," telling voters in her infamous 2014 campaign ad she "knew how to cut pork" because she grew up castrating hogs on an Iowa farm. "My...
In the wake of Saturday's mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, news outlets, political commentators and everyday Americans have drawn connections between the alleged shooter's racist past and the divisive language of President Donald Trump. But there's another...
