city in and county seat of Polk County, Iowa, United States, and Iowa federated state capital city
RFK Jr. rules out Libertarian presidential run: "We're not gonna have any problems getting on the ballot ourselves." Kennedy said Saturday.
axios.com/2024/04/14/rfk-jr-libertarian-independent-2024-race-iowa
Joni Ernst's Roast and Ride fundraiser to return June 1: The annual event has traditionally drawn Iowa politicians and future presidential contenders alike.
desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2024/04/15/joni-ernsts-roast-and-ride-fundraiser-to-return-june-1/73323743007/
Donald Trump Has a Liz Cheney Problem: The former Wyoming representative and frequent Trump critic drew a large crowd in Des Moines, Iowa, on Wednesday night.
newsweek.com/donald-trump-liz-cheney-iowa-2024-1884956
Campaign Almanac: Iowa congressional challengers announce strong fundraising: Christina Bohannan raises $820k in 1st quarter of 2024
thegazette.com/campaigns-elections/campaign-almanac-iowa-congressional-challengers-announce-strong-fundraising/
Des Moines election results: Mike Simonson wins the at-large City Council seat: Mike Simonson won Tuesday’s special election, leaving him in charge of the ...
desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/03/19/election-results-who-will-win-at-large-seat-des-moines-city-council-2024-connie-boesen/72944095007/
Trump leads Biden by 15 points in Iowa, nearly twice his 2020 margin: Poll: Former President Trump leads President Biden in Iowa by 15 points in a hypothetical ...
thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4509572-trump-biden-iowa/
Haley says fractured GOP primary proves Trump will lose to Biden. History suggests otherwise
abcnews.go.com/Politics/haley-fractured-gop-primary-proves-trump-lose-biden/story
Fast start not enough for Drake women's basketball in first-round NCAA Tournament loss
desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/drake/drake-bulldogs/2024/03/22/colorado-overpowers-drake-womens-basketball-in-ncaa-tournament-opener/73019652007/
Here’s who is running for president in 2024: The race for the White House is heating up as both President Biden and former President Trump have nearly clinched ...
thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3859531-heres-who-is-running-for-president-in-2024/
See photos from City Council candidate Justyn Lewis' election night watch party: Des Moines City Council at-large candidate Justyn Lewis hosts an election watch ...
desmoinesregister.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2024/03/19/photos-justyn-lewis-hosts-election-night-watch-party/73036374007/
Meet the 5 candidates running for the at-large Des Moines City Council seat in 2024
desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/issues/2024/03/12/des-moines-city-council-election-where-at-large-candidates-stand-on-issues-dart-homelessness-police/72757481007/
Des Moines election results: Mike Simonson wins the at-large City Council seat: Mike Simonson won Tuesday’s special election, leaving him in charge of the ...
desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/03/19/election-results-who-will-win-at-large-seat-des-moines-city-council-2024-connie-boesen/72944095007/
See photos as Des Moines heads to the polls for a special election: Check out photos as Des Moines residents head to the polls for a special election.
desmoinesregister.com/picture-gallery/news/elections/2024/03/19/photos-des-moines-votes-in-special-election/73030240007/
Which of Iowa's best beers will make it to the sweet 16? Vote for your favorites now.
desmoinesregister.com/story/entertainment/dining/2023/03/10/best-iowa-beer-brackets-vote-favorite-32-big-grove-exile-toppling/69977227007/
An at-large Des Moines City Council candidate raises more than $280K for campaign
desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/03/15/des-moines-at-large-council-candidate-mike-simonson-raises-big-in-march-special-election/72870777007/
Everything you need to know to vote in the Des Moines City Council special election
desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/03/12/des-moines-city-council-election-2024-at-large-to-replace-connie-boesen-voters-guide/72932398007/
Why that 'landslide' win in Iowa could spell trouble for Trump – and Republicans: Former President Donald Trump solidly won the Iowa Republican caucus ...
azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/philboas/2024/01/16/trump-won-iowa-landslide-spell-trouble-republicans/72242867007/
Quick Glance: Trump's Victory in Iowa
- Donald Trump has achieved an overwhelming victory in the first US election contest of 2024, easily fending off a reduced field of Republicans in the Iowa caucuses.
- With an estimated 99% of the votes counted, Trump was at 51%, DeSantis at 21.2%, and Haley at 19.1%.
- The former president has shattered the previous record for the largest margin of victory in a contested Republican presidential race in the state, which stood at 12 percentage points.
- An early estimate indicates that 100,000 Republicans participated in the caucuses on Monday, significantly lower than the turnout in 2016, according to Iowa Republican party chairman Jeff Kaufmann.
Ron DeSantis ends presidential campaign, endorses Trump: The Florida governor’s once promising bid came to an end Sunday.
washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/21/ron-desantis-drops-out/
'You gotta be tough': White evangelicals remain enthusiastic about Donald Trump: One takeaway from Iowa's Republican caucuses: evangelicals show no signs of ...
npr.org/2024/01/21/1225860255/evangelical-voters-trump-2024
Iowa caucuses 2024: Trump projected to win: 538 analysts live blog news and results from the 2024 Iowa GOP caucuses. How will Trump, Haley ...
abcnews.go.com/538/live-updates/iowa-caucus-2024-live-blog/
🔊 Donald Trump has called it a 'very special night' after a landslide victory in the Iowa caucuses. We are in Des Moines to talk through what this means for ... Show more reut.rs/4b9kdMK
How Donald Trump built a base that catapulted him to a historic Iowa Caucuses victory
desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2024/01/16/iowa-caucus-who-won-donald-trump-ron-desantis-second-nikki-haley-third-republican-nomination/72083638007/
Quick Glance: Trump Triumphs in Iowa; DeSantis and Haley Battle for 2nd Place
- While the Republican race for second continues, Iowa Democrats hold quieter caucuses.
- Iowa and New Hampshire, the first two states with nominating contests, tend to produce different winners.
- A majority of Iowa voters historically lean towards religious conservatism and rural living.
- Iowa is a closed system, allowing only Republicans to participate.
Election 2024: Watch our special coverage of the Iowa caucus, live from Des Moines on Bloomberg TV https://t.co/Lyq7Hk8UUH
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One big reason for Vivek Ramaswamy's quick Iowa Caucus exit? Too few free-beer fans voted
desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2024/01/18/vivek-ramaswamy-bet-big-in-iowa-on-free-beer-loving-young-voters-it-failed/72238809007/
Quick Glance: Vivek Ramaswamy Withdraws 2024 Presidential Bids, Endorses Donald Trump
- Ramaswamy ended his bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination and announced his support for former President Donald Trump on Monday after finishing a distant fourth in Iowa’s leadoff caucuses.
- He made the decision after realizing there was no way forward for him in the race, 'without things that we don’t want to see happen in this country.'
- The 38-year-old political novice, who tried to replicate Trump’s rise as a bombastic, wealthy outsider, said he called the former president on Monday evening to congratulate him on his victory in Iowa.
- Ramaswamy said he would likely appear with Trump in New Hampshire Tuesday night and suggested that DeSantis and Haley should also withdraw from the race.
'You're so desperate': 5 takeaways from final Republican debate before Iowa caucuses
usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/01/11/haley-desantis-5-takeaways-gop-debate/72149756007/
Biden on Trump’s Iowa victory: ‘I don’t think it means anything’: “The president got 50-some-thousand votes," Biden said of Trump's Iowa victory.
politico.com/news/2024/01/18/biden-on-trumps-iowa-victory-i-dont-think-it-means-anything-00136375
Trump’s landslide Iowa win is a stunning show of strength after leaving Washington in disgrace
cnn.com/2024/01/16/politics/trump-iowa-victory-analysis/
Up First briefing: Trump wins Iowa GOP caucuses; stay prepared during winter outages
npr.org/2024/01/16/1224891073/up-first-briefing-trump-wins-iowa-gop-caucuses-stay-prepared-during-winter-outag
Opinion | Can the MAGA Shrew Be Tamed?: Flipping back and forth between wins and losses in Hollywood and Iowa, I couldn’t help thinking that Trump was at the ...
nytimes.com/2024/01/20/opinion/trump-election-2024-primaries.html
As Kim Reynolds pitches special education changes, Department of Education posts 29 new jobs
desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2024/01/11/iowa-hiring-new-special-education-positions-as-kim-reynolds-pitches-area-education-agency-changes/72179722007/
Election Live Updates: DeSantis-Haley Debate and Trump Town Hall to Begin Soon: The dueling campaign events will start at 9 p.m. Eastern time, just hours after ...
nytimes.com/live/2024/01/10/us/presidential-election-debate-iowa
HAPPENING NOW: Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre hosts the White House press briefing. abcn.ws/2J0gebC
Donald Trump's assault on America. Does anyone care?: Three years to the day after his supporters stormed the Capitol, Donald Trump was at a rally in Des Moines ...
lemonde.fr/en/m-le-mag/article/2024/01/14/donald-trump-s-assault-on-america-does-anyone-care_6430958_117.html
CNN's Dana Bash went to one of former President Donald Trump's events in Iowa to hear why voters continue to support him, even as he faces criminal charges ... Show more cnn.it/3tZHpfq
Given his romp in Iowa tonight, Donald Trump could all but end the primary next week in New Hampshire.
The former president ... Show more
Lightning victory instead of frostbite: How Trump triumphs in Iowa: In the US state of Iowa, the long series of party primaries for the presidential election in ...
morgenpost.de/politik/article241431604/Blitzsieg-statt-Frostbeulen-Wie-Trump-in-Iowa-triumphiert.html
Live updates: Trump wins the Iowa GOP presidential caucuses, DeSantis edges Haley for second
washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/15/iowa-caucus-live-updates/
Trump's courtroom and campaign calendar collision is here: Trump is now confronting the crushing reality of fighting four criminal indictments and numerous other ...
axios.com/2024/01/07/trump-2024-election-courtroom-calendar
Quick Glance: Trump's Use of 'Insurrection' on Jan. 6 Anniversary
- Republican polling leader Donald Trump glorified those who participated in the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021.
- He tried to use the term 'insurrection' against his political opponents and defended the involved individuals.
- His remarks are part of an ongoing escalation of efforts by Trump and other Republicans to downplay, justify, and deny the violence from three years ago.
- A majority of Americans believe that the events of January 6 were an attack on democracy and should never be forgotten.
Most Republican caucusgoers indifferent to possible Trump conviction, Iowa Poll says
desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/iowa-poll/caucus/2024/01/14/iowa-poll-donald-trump-criminal-trial-possible-conviction-gop-republican-caucusgoers-indifferent/72204211007/
DeSantis presented with participation trophy in Iowa: 'We're proud of you for trying'
usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/01/13/ron-desantis-iowa-caucuses-participation-trophy-video/72220608007/
Iowa’s Christian conservatives follow their faith when voting, and some say it leads them to Trump
orlandosentinel.com/2024/01/07/iowas-christian-conservatives-follow-their-faith-when-voting-and-some-say-it-leads-them-to-trump/
Live updates: The final GOP debate in the 2024 presidential race: Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are set to face off in the ...
pbs.org/newshour/politics/live-updates-the-final-gop-debate-in-the-2024-presidential-race
DeSantis, once a rising Republican star, ran a presidential campaign filled with missteps and mistakes
cnn.com/2024/01/22/politics/desantis-campaign-what-happened/
Quick Glance: Donald Trump's Confusion in New Hampshire
- The New Hampshire primary, similar to the Iowa caucuses, lacked real competition.
- Trump confused his Republican primary opponent Nikki Haley with former House speaker Nancy Pelosi.
- Haley expressed concern over Trump's cognitive ability to hold the presidency.
- Trump displayed erratic behavior by repetitively telling the same stories and statements without awareness.
Majority of GOP Iowa caucusgoers would support Trump even if convicted: poll: 61% of caucusgoers said their support wouldn't wane if Trump is convicted of a ...
axios.com/2024/01/15/iowa-caucuses-poll-trump-support-convicted
Donald Trump, asked about vice president pick, says in Iowa: 'I know who it's going to be.'
desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2024/01/10/trump-vp-vice-president-pick-decided-he-announces-in-iowa/72185483007/
Quick Glance: Fox News Tops CNN in Trump's Town Hall Viewership
- Roughly 4.4 million viewers watched Donald Trump's live town hall on Fox News, surpassing the 2.6 million who watched two of his Republican rivals on CNN.
- Trump chose to appear on Fox News instead of participating in the Republican debate airing on CNN at the same time.
- The CNN debate reached a total of 6.4 million viewers, including the CNN Max streaming service.
- Viewership for Trump's appearances at Republican debates has declined, with the latest Fox News Town Hall being the largest so far.
Trump Claims He's Won Iowa Caucuses Twice, But There's Just One Problem: "Ted Cruz didn't win Iowa, he illegally stole it," Trump tweeted the day after the 2016 ...
newsweek.com/trump-claims-won-iowa-caucuses-twice-one-problem-1860876
DeSantis campaign rips media for projecting Trump win : Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) campaign on Monday ripped into the media for projecting former President ...
thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4410200-desantis-campaign-rips-media-for-projecting-trump-win/
Trump tells Iowans to ‘get over’ recent school shooting: ‘We have to move forward’
thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4393128-trump-iowa-rally-school-shooting-move-forward/
'A spiritual battle': Pastors embrace Trump's grievances in prayers at his rallies
nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/spiritual-battle-pastors-embrace-trump-grievances-prayers-rallies-rcna132615
Up First briefing: Iowa caucuses; MLK Day: Iowa Republicans kick off the 2024 election season tonight with the first caucuses to choose a presidential candidate ...
npr.org/2024/01/15/1224771062/up-first-briefing-iowa-caucuses-mlk-day
Quick Glance: Martin Luther King Jr.: The Evolution from Radical to Hero
- Martin Luther King Jr.'s views were considered radical by a large part of the white establishment, including the government.
- He was the target of several FBI surveillance investigations aimed at collecting subversive material about him.
- The Martin Luther King Jr. Day is approaching rapidly - Monday, January 15th - and this year, the federal holiday actually falls on the birthday of the celebrated civil rights leader who was assassinated more than half a century ago.
- The legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and some important information about the holiday that honors the slain activist and his fight against inequality and racial injustice.
A courthouse or a campaign stop? Donald Trump tries to twist criminal charges, lawsuits in the 2024 election
usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/01/18/donald-trump-felony-charges-lawsuits-iowa-win/72240281007/
Ramaswamy's presidential campaign shows signs of unraveling: Ramaswamy jumped to political prominence in recent months with an anti-establishment ...
axios.com/2024/01/09/ramaswamy-campaign-signs-unraveling-2024
Trump Makes Baffling Claim About His Own History During Rambling Iowa Victory Speech
huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-iowa-victory-claim_n_65a60841e4b01a497bab6d1a
Trump Takes Aim at Haley as Primary Enters Final Phase in Iowa: Nearly a week before the state’s caucuses, a frenzy of campaigning belies a seemingly static G.O ...
nytimes.com/2024/01/07/us/politics/trump-haley-iowa-caucuses.html
White House apologizes to Asa Hutchinson for Democratic Party mocking his campaign
abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-apologizes-hutchinson-democratic-statement-mocking-campaign/story
Quick Glance: Asa Hutchinson Ends 2024 Campaign After Iowa Caucuses
- Asa Hutchinson ends his bid for the Republican presidential nomination after the Iowa caucuses.
- He ended his campaign after finishing sixth in the caucuses and congratulated Donald Trump on his win.
- Hutchinson was the last remaining Republican candidate willing to directly take on Trump.
- His campaign manager said Hutchinson isn't issuing an endorsement at this time.
Trump predicts stock market crash if he doesn’t win in 2024: Former President Trump on Wednesday predicted there would be a stock market crash if he does not win ...
thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4401876-trump-predicts-stock-market-crash-if-he-doesnt-win-2024/
Iowa reveals the grim indignities of running for second place to Trump: DeSantis, Haley and Ramaswamy fight hard, but appear likely to lose by double digits to ...
washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/01/13/second-place-trump-republican-primary/
How, Where and When to Caucus in Iowa on Monday: The parties, not the state government, run the caucuses, which have a different feel from most other balloting.
nytimes.com/2024/01/14/us/politics/iowa-caucus-vote-how-where-when.html
Heckler calls out Trump for taking millions from foreign governments while president
independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-iowa-caucuses-foreign-government-money-b2478720.html
Iowa caucus 'kingmaker' on the GOP race and critical white evangelical vote
pbs.org/newshour/show/iowa-caucus-kingmaker-on-the-gop-race-and-critical-white-evangelical-vote
"The essential problem for the US Democratic Party – a belief, running through the heart of the American interior, that they have become a political faith ... Show more www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2024/01/20/keith-duggan-how-trump-triumphed-with-his-peculiar-mix-of-postmodern-and-old-testament-rhetoric/
Trump, in Iowa, demands release of those jailed for 2021 Capitol attack: Donald Trump has downplayed his role in the siege of the US Capitol on the third ...
rnz.co.nz/news/world/506197/trump-in-iowa-demands-release-of-those-jailed-for-2021-capitol-attack
Republican debate: Five takeaways as Haley and DeSantis face off: The Republican candidates traded insults and clashed on key issues just days before the Iowa ...
bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67942133
US election heats up as frigid Iowa tests Trump: Voters venture into sub-zero temperatures to kick off the US republican presidential nomination race with the ...
rte.ie/news/world/2024/0115/1426529-iowa-republican-election/
Mark Davis: Nikki Haley could surge after Iowa, but here’s why it won’t matter | Opinion
sacbee.com/opinion/the-point/article284176898.html
Mother of 11-year-old killed in Iowa school shooting says he was a joyful boy: The mother of an 11-year-old who was killed this week in a school shooting in Iowa ...
apnews.com/article/perry-high-school-shooting-iowa-fd64d5afce815e0d91e004380b00664a
Quick Glance: Perry High School Shooting, Iowa
- Police respond to shooting at Perry High School, Iowa, on Thursday, January 4, 2024.
- Numerous emergency vehicles surrounded the building that houses the town's middle school and high school.
- A media staging area was established near the high school.
- The shooting occurred against the backdrop of the Iowa caucuses and close to where Republican candidates were campaigning.
Iowa to kick off Republican nomination race as icy weather tests Trump: Voters venture into sub-zero temperatures Monday to kick off the Republican presidential ...
france24.com/en/americas/20240114-iowa-to-kick-off-republican-nomination-race-as-icy-weather-tests-trump
Ramaswamy insists he’s still in the game as he fails to qualify for last debate: Republican candidate’s poll numbers are not high enough to take part in Iowa ...
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/10/vivek-ramaswamy-disqualified-debate-iowa-republican-campaign
The Needle Returns for the Iowa Caucus. Here’s How It Works.: In addition to estimating the final result, our live election model will also look at who is ...
nytimes.com/2024/01/15/us/elections/iowa-caucus-election-needle.html
DeSantis and Haley go head to head: How to watch the fifth Republican presidential debate
pbs.org/newshour/politics/desantis-and-haley-go-head-to-head-how-to-watch-the-fifth-republican-presidential-debate
Iowa Caucus 2024: DeSantis, Haley face off in debate showdown to emerge as Trump alternative
reuters.com/world/us/desantis-haley-face-off-debate-showdown-emerge-trump-alternative-2024-01-10/
Iowa Caucus Polls Pretty Much Nailed It: The 2024 Iowa caucuses presented a lot of obstacles for pollsters, from weather to Trump supporters’ evasiveness ...
nymag.com/intelligencer/2024/01/iowa-caucus-polls-nailed-it.html
Haley dogged by Civil War controversy: ‘I had Black friends growing up’ : Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley is finding herself on defense again after ...
thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4391514-haley-dogged-by-civil-war-controversy-i-had-black-friends-growing-up/
Quick Glance: Nikki Haley: Civil War Controversy and Black Friends
- Nikki Haley defends statement about Black friends and Civil War controversy.
- Criticism of Haley after initially omitting slavery as cause of the Civil War.
- Haley emphasizes not being racist and having Black and white friends.
- Haley refutes criticism of her statement, saying she personally experienced the pains of racism.
Where Iowa Republicans stand on the issues ahead of the caucuses: Polls say they're very conservative and don't care about Trump's legal troubles.
abcnews.go.com/538/iowa-republicans-stand-issues-ahead-caucuses/story
Who is left running for president with Asa Hutchinson dropping out of the race? See a rundown of the 2024 candidates
omaha.com/news/nation-world/government-politics/who-is-left-running-for-president-with-asa-hutchinson-dropping-out-of-the-race-see/article_0b31b9f0-5191-5fde-8f8c-b4acee7454b6.html
Iowa Caucus 2024: Trump's rivals give him a pass on Jan. 6 attacks: They are not alone. At campaign events and town halls in Iowa, where voters will make their ...
reuters.com/world/us/trumps-rivals-give-him-pass-jan-6-attacks-hunt-iowa-votes-heats-up-2024-01-05/
Des Moines City Council votes to hold special election to fill Mayor Boesen's vacant seat
desmoinesregister.com/story/news/local/des-moines/2024/01/22/des-moines-votes-to-hold-special-election-to-fill-vacant-mayor-connie-boesen-at-large-seat/72312425007/
Iowa's only Democrat in statewide office in the hunt for a party comeback: Rob Sands says there have been "a lot of really close losses."
abcnews.go.com/Politics/iowas-democrat-statewide-office-hunt-party-comeback/story
Trump urges Iowans to vote even if they are ‘as sick as a dog’ and die afterward: The former president said that even if people ‘passed away’ shortly after ...
independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-iowa-caucus-dog-b2478520.html
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