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March 31, 2021

GOP groups throw support behind Georgia, Iowa election reform laws amid Dem lawsuits

Two national Republican groups have intervened in state-level lawsuits that Democrats have brought against new election integrity laws in Georgia and Iowa.

March 31, 2021

Some Democrats trying to stop Iowa, New Hampshire from voting first in 2024

With the early steps in determining the next Democratic presidential nominating process now underway, there’s a burgeoning intra-party battle over whether Iowa and New Hampshire should retain their positions as the first caucus state and first primary state in the party’s nominating calendar.

March 31, 2021

Republicans want Democrats to stop probing Iowa race, but don't talk as much about similar Illinois challenge

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has been vocal about what he calls Democratic efforts to overturn the election of Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, in favor of Democrat Rita Hart. 

March 30, 2021

Pelosi's attempt to overturn Miller-Meeks' certified Iowa win: What to know

Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks has been a voting member of Congress for three months, but the Iowa Republican's tenure in Washington may be short-lived depending on the outcome of the challenge to her razor-thin 2020 election victory. 

March 29, 2021

Newt Gingrich: Pelosi's Iowa power grab – here's why House speaker is trying to steal this seat

Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks is the certified winner of Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District election. In an ironic show of Democratic hypocrisy, her opponent, Rita Hart – with the help of Speaker Nancy Pelosi,  D-Calif. – is objecting to the election results.  

March 27, 2021

GOP senators shut down talk of immigration deal until border crisis is solved

Republican senators on Friday indicated that discussion of possible immigration deals to give illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship would be off the table until the crisis at the southern border is ended.

March 26, 2021

David Bossie: Pelosi and Dems have a new target in their quest for election control – Iowa Rep. Miller-Meeks

Why are Pelosi and House Democrats considering taking the consequential step of overturning a certified election in Iowa? 

March 26, 2021

Pompeo in Iowa rips 'raw power grab' by Dems, visit to early caucus state sparks speculation

In what appears to be the unofficial start to the next race for president, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Iowa on Friday, becoming the first potential 2024 Republican White House hopeful to visit one of the four early voting caucus and primary states that kick off the presidential nominating calendar.

March 25, 2021

Iowa Gov. Reynolds calls Pelosi's potential push to overturn election a 'partisan power grab'

Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds of Iowa said a potential push by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to overturn GOP Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa's razor-thin victory in November's election "is a partisan power grab."

March 24, 2021

Iowa inmates used hammers to try to break out of prison, killed a nurse and correctional officer: official

Lorena Schulte, a 50-year-old nurse, and Robert McFarland, a 46-year-old correctional officer, were killed Tuesday morning when two inmates at Anamosa State Penitentiary attempted to break out of the prison with hammers and other tools.