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Asked whether he'd vote to continue the war with Iran if elected to Congress, Republican candidate Joe Mitchell said the U.S. needs to "finish the job" and ensure "Iran doesn't have a nuclear weapon."
Rogelio Lagunas' brother did everything the legal process asked of him. And yet, when his brother walked in for check-in at an ICE field office, it still left a pit in Rogelio’s stomach.
Josh Turek, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, says Iowa now leads the nation in farm foreclosures and faces a water quality and cancer crisis — and he's asking Iowans to do "a little bit more" before November.
Sarah Trone Garriott hit Zach Nunn for skipping China committee meetings and never holding a town hall in four years in office. Trone-Garriott spoke at the Des Moines Register's State Fair Soapbox. Nunn was invited but did not agree to speak.
Labor lawyer Nate Willems says $900 million is stolen from Iowa workers' paychecks every year. He is running against Republican Attorney General Brenna Bird and says if elected he'd form a task force devoted to go after employers stealing from their workers.
Josh Turek's sister was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer the same week he launched his U.S. Senate campaign. Her insurer denied a PET scan to check if it had spread — because she wasn't stage three or four yet. At the Iowa State Fair Friday, he said companies should be required to explain these decisions.
Sarah Trone Garriott asked her state senator what Iowa's six-week abortion ban would mean for women with ectopic pregnancies. He didn't know what one was. So she ran against him — and won. Now she's running for Congress in IA-03.
08/12/2026
Before the domestic abuse allegations and calls for resignation, US Rep. Max Miller of Ohio gave $2,500 to fellow Republicans Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Zach Nunn. We asked both campaigns: keep it, return it, or donate it? Neither responded.
Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) is accused of abuse by three women, including his ex-wife. The House Ethics Committee has opened an investigation into allegations of domestic abuse and illicit drug use. Miller denies the allegations and refuses to resign.
At least six Republican senators say he should go.
That includes both Ohio senators — one of them his former father-in-law, who called Miller "a danger to my daughter."
Ashley Hinson’s Iowa Senate campaign raises several questions for voters. For example, how far does her “decency” extend? And if Rep. Hinson’s “compassion” only applies to people she agrees with, is she really that compassionate?
"God made a farmer" is on kitchen walls, bumper stickers, and Twitter bios across Iowa. A Brooklyn indie band's new single asks who else deserves that same reverence. ISL's Zachary Oren Smith spoke to Ok Cowgirl's Leah Lavigne about the image of the farmer — and who else is scrambling to get by. Catch them live at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Curate in Des Moines.
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