Des Moines Register: Politics
- Iowa parties, disability activists scramble to prepare for Caucus Day; concerns linger
Monday - 01/20/2020 - 07:00 AMWith just over two weeks until caucus night, state parties in Iowa are beginning to consider accommodations for people with disabilities.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Photos: Former Vice President Joe Biden flew in for a campaign rally in Indianola
Saturday - 01/18/2020 - 10:33 PMWeather couldn't stop Joe Biden from getting to Indianola on Saturday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Iowa caucuses 2020: Photos of Tom Steyer campaigning for president
Saturday - 01/18/2020 - 06:52 PMPhotos: Tom Steyer, a Democrat running in the presidential election, during his Iowa caucus campaign.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Photos: Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks at a Planned Parenthood event in Des Moines
Saturday - 01/18/2020 - 08:25 PMDemocratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a Planned Parenthood fireside chat at a private home in Des Moines
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Photos: John Delaney campaigns through Iowa
Saturday - 01/18/2020 - 09:38 PMFormer Rep. John Delaney makes his way through Iowa in is RV as he campaigns for president.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Elizabeth Warren said she doesn't have 'anything else to say' on dispute with Bernie Sanders
Friday - 01/17/2020 - 08:17 PM"I have already commented on this and I do not have any additional comments," Warren said. "I am here to talk about why I am running for president, I assume that's what everyone else is doing who is in the Democratic race."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Photos: Lara Trump stumps for President Trump in Iowa
Thursday - 01/16/2020 - 09:41 PMLara Trump held a "women for Trump" panel in Des Moines — and the crowd stuck around for her Fox News interview at the venue afterwards.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nearly every downtown Des Moines hotel room has been booked for Iowa's Feb. 3 caucus night
Wednesday - 01/15/2020 - 07:42 PMStaying in downtown Des Moines on caucus night will be nearly impossible.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - U.S., China sign 'Phase One' agreement to end trade war, ensure billions in ag purchases
Wednesday - 01/15/2020 - 04:00 PMThe deal could benefit Iowa farmers, who have suffered during the trade conflict.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Democratic presidential candidates spar over trade deals
Wednesday - 01/15/2020 - 01:22 AMDemocratic presidential candidates debate trade, with four saying the proposed deal with Mexico and Canada provide enough benefits to support.
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- What's the difference between a caucus and a primary?
Sunday - 01/19/2020 - 07:11 PMIf Iowa veers away from the caucus system, New Hampshire would, by state law, claim the first-in-the-nation spot.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Iowa Senate Democratic leader Janet Petersen endorses Elizabeth Warren, plans to appear at campaign events
Saturday - 01/18/2020 - 05:12 PMSenate Democratic leader Petersen said Iowans are lucky to hear from so many of the country's top leaders. "But now it's time to make up our minds."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Joe Biden accuses Bernie Sanders' campaign of misrepresenting his Social Security record by sharing 'doctored video'
Saturday - 01/18/2020 - 07:11 PMThe Biden-Sanders fight over Social Security comes a little more than two weeks before the Feb. 3 Iowa caucuses.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Andrew Yang, in Iowa, says federal government can do more to help women, victims of sexual assault
Saturday - 01/18/2020 - 08:32 PMGovernment can provide more resources to women who come forward about sexual assault and should help men have healthier views of women, Yang said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - As Iowa caucuses near, Pete Buttigieg packs his campaign schedule in the state
Friday - 01/17/2020 - 06:49 PMButtigieg scheduled multiple days of back-to-back events around Iowa following a dip in polling. An impeachment trial in Washington, D.C. could give him an unusual opening to stand out.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lara Trump stumps for President Donald Trump, criticizes 2020 Democratic contenders in Iowa
Friday - 01/17/2020 - 10:31 AMLara Trump held a "women for Trump" panel in Des Moines — and the crowd stuck around for her Fox News interview at the venue afterwards.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Joni Ernst says watchdog's finding that White House broke law is 'moot' for impeachment
Thursday - 01/16/2020 - 02:26 PMA nonpartisan watchdog just said the White House broke the law in a central charge in Trump's impeachment trial. U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst thinks it's 'moot'
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Touting foreign policy experience, electability, Democratic candidates make final pitches to Iowans on Des Moines debate stage
Wednesday - 01/15/2020 - 11:35 PMWith the caucus Feb. 3, time is running out for candidates to make impressions on undecided Iowans, who represent a majority of the state's electorate.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Acting chief justice: Judicial branch wants more investment in rural courts, farmers, translators
Wednesday - 01/15/2020 - 04:57 PMThe Iowa Judicial Branch announced a partnership with Drake Law School's Agriculture Law Center to help inform more farmers about how the business court can benefit them.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Behind the scenes look of the CNN/Des Moines Register Debate spin room.
Wednesday - 01/15/2020 - 02:52 AMGo behind the scenes of the CNN/Des Moines Register Debate spin room following the seventh democratic debate at Drake University.
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- Photos: Sen. Amy Klobuchar campaigns through from Des Moines to Eastern Iowa
Sunday - 01/19/2020 - 09:34 PMSen. Amy Klobuchar began her day in Des Moines and ended in Eastern Iowa
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Iowa's Tom Miller just became the longest serving attorney general in United States history
Saturday - 01/18/2020 - 05:48 PMAttorney General Tom Miller has been serving Iowans since 1978. At nearly 38 years, he breaks Michigan Attorney General Frank Kelley's record.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Photos: Andrew Yang campaigns in Eastern Iowa
Saturday - 01/18/2020 - 07:16 PMEntrepreneur Andrew Yang campaigned in Iowa City and Marion a little more than two weeks before the Iowa caucus.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Photos: Pete Buttigieg campaigns in Iowa on Saturday
Saturday - 01/18/2020 - 09:18 PMFormer South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg met with supporters in Iowa on Saturday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mike Pence plans Iowa bus tour before joining Trump at Des Moines rally Jan. 30
Saturday - 01/18/2020 - 10:08 AMThe vice president will speak in Sioux City and Council Bluffs before joining President Donald Trump at a rally at Drake University on Jan. 30.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Panel of state lawmakers approves amendment saying Iowa Constitution does not protect abortion rights
Thursday - 01/16/2020 - 06:54 PMThe meeting was the Iowa Legislature's first political battle over abortion since lawmakers returned Monday for the 2020 legislative session.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Head of Iowa National Guard expects more than 2,000 to be deployed over the next year
Thursday - 01/16/2020 - 02:23 PM"Mission requirements can and do change, but this is what we are currently expecting," Maj. Gen. Benjamin J. Corell said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - What were the tense words exchanged between Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders after Tuesday's debate? Now we know.
Wednesday - 01/15/2020 - 09:12 PM"I think you called me a liar on national TV," Warren told Sanders, according to CNN, whose microphones picked up the conversation.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - College students in Iowa get a front-row seat to national politics
Wednesday - 01/15/2020 - 04:10 PMFirst-time voters and college students in Iowa have had some of the most access to the presidential candidates than any other student body in the country.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - What it's like in the Democratic debate's spin room: Swarms of reporters, fast talkers and lots and lots of opinions
Wednesday - 01/15/2020 - 02:28 AMCandidates and high-profile supporters headed into the spin room after leaving the debate stage, ready to explain why their candidate won the debate.
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