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Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judiciary, today made the following comment on President Obama’s appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial…
By Jim Puzzanghera and David G. Savage, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the centerpiece in the overhaul of financial regulations 18 months ago, was billed…
By Michael A.Memoli and Mark Z. Barabak, Tribune Washington Bureau – MANCHESTER, N.H. — For the second time in as many days, Rick Santorum on Friday drew attention away from his…
WASHINGTON D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Highway Administration has awarded a grant totaling $37,479,818.00 for the cost of repairing…
Washington, Jan 6 – Iowa Congressman Tom Latham issued the following statement on Friday in response to the latest unemployment report: “An improvement in the unemployment rate is always welcome news,…
By David G. Savage, Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON _ President Barack Obama’s decision to defy Senate Republicans and appoint four top agency officials on his own authority sets the stage for…
By Lesley Clark, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney’s tax plan would cut taxes for fewer than half of U.S. households, with the wealthy getting most of the benefits, according…
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today released their final recommendations for restoring Iowa’s standing as a leader in education and preparing all students to…
By Melanie Mason and Tom Hamburger, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Rick Santorum first came to Congress from western Pennsylvania in 1990 after waging a grass-roots campaign against an opponent…
By David Lightman and Steven Thomma, McClatchy Newspapers – SALEM, N.H. — New Hampshire’s Republican presidential primary campaign evolved Thursday into two different races: Mitt Romney trying to expand his huge…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today issued the following statement after learning that President Obama will appoint Richard Cordray as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. In…
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced that they will be embarking on a tour across Iowa to share the governor’s Condition of the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today announced that the University of Iowa has been awarded $6,488,130 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). …
By Kevin Diaz and Rachel E. Stassen-Berger, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – DES MOINES, Iowa — As the reality of Michele Bachmann’s failed presidential bid set in on Wednesday, the Minnesota Republican…
By Jim Puzzanghera and David G. Savage, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the centerpiece in the overhaul of financial regulations 18 months ago, was billed…
By Peter Nicholas, Lisa Mascaro and Jim Puzzanghera, Tribune Washington Bureau – SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio — President Barack Obama kicked off the election year aggressively, picking a fight with congressional Republicans…
By Steven Thomma and David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers – CONCORD, N.H. — The Republican presidential campaign shifted to New Hampshire on Wednesday with one key question hanging over it: Can Mitt…
By Maeve Reston, Los Angeles Times – MANCHESTER, N.H. — When several GOP contenders announced this week that they would fly straight from Iowa to South Carolina on Wednesday, bypassing the…
By Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times – ANKENY, Iowa — The sound system hissed and spit so loudly they finally had to turn it off. This meant the attorney general of…
By Dave Montgomery, McClatchy Newspapers – DES MOINES, Iowa — Texas Gov. Rick Perry faced his first defeat in a 27-year-political career Tuesday night in Iowa’s Republican presidential caucuses, after waging…
By Michael A. Memoli, Los Angeles Times – MANCHESTER, N.H. — Michele Bachmann, who finished a distant sixth in Tuesday’s Iowa caucuses, will hold a news conference Wednesday morning where she…
By Michael A. Memoli and Maeve Reston, Los Angeles Times – MANCHESTER, N.H. — John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee in 2008 and a two-time winner of the New Hampshire primary,…
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced that they will unveil their final recommendation for education reform at Capitol View Elementary on Friday, January…
By William Douglas, McClatchy Newspapers – DES MOINES, Iowa — Emboldened by his strong Iowa finish, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum is headed to New Hampshire — the heart of Mitt…
By Lesley Clark, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — With the first contest of the Republican presidential primary over, President Barack Obama will hustle to get back into the spotlight, jetting to…
By David G. Savage, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Mike and Chantell Sackett wanted to live on scenic Priest Lake in Idaho but couldn’t afford it. So they bought a…
By Steven Thomma, McClatchy Newspapers – DES MOINES — Republicans enter a new election year Tuesday debating more than just who should be their nominee for president against Barack Obama. They’re…
By James Oliphant, Tribune Washington Bureau – WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — It was almost as if the Rep. Michele Bachmann campaign expected no one to show up at all. Bachmann…
By Alana Semuels, Los Angeles Times – CANTON, Ohio — Reg Rozell and Kim C. Sweitzer seem like they’d be sure-fire Obama 2012 supporters. Both have good-paying union jobs at a…
By Steven Thomma, McClatchy Newspapers – DES MOINES — Republicans enter a new election year Tuesday debating more than just who should be their nominee for president against Barack Obama. They’re…
MCT FORUM: By Thomas Schaller, The Baltimore Sun – To look at him, Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul seems harmless. He’s cute and contrarian. He wears poorly fitting suits. He’s decidedly un-slick.…
By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times – ATLANTIC, Iowa — For Mitt Romney, it’s deja vu all over again. The former Massachusetts governor has spent much of the year as the…
Christinia Crippes, The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa – Lee County is responsible for four of the eight precincts not counted in the final tally of the certified caucus results that overturned…
By Thomas Fitzgerald, The Philadelphia Inquirer – WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — An icy wind scoured the parking lot of the Hy-Vee supermarket, ruffling Mitt Romney’s perfect hair as he urged…
By Tom Hamburger and Melanie Mason, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Political committees unfettered by donation limits are dominating the last weeks of the presidential nominating contests in Iowa and…
By Maeve Reston, Los Angeles Times – LACONIA, N.H. — The Rotarians of Laconia applauded when Jon Huntsman Jr., the former Utah governor, announced that he was celebrating the 130th New…
HONOLULU, Hawaii — Heading into the new year, President Barack Obama will insist that Congress renew the payroll tax cut through the end of 2012, but will otherwise limit his…
By David Lightman, Steven Thomma and William Douglas, McClatchy Newspapers – DES MOINES, Iowa — Republican presidential candidates spent the last day of 2011 making their closing arguments to curious, often…
By Seema Mehta and Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times – DES MOINES, Iowa — Two influential conservative talk radio hosts announced their picks for the Republican presidential nomination, and to no…
By Thomas Fitzgerald, The Philadelphia Inquirer – WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — An icy wind scoured the parking lot of the Hy-Vee supermarket, ruffling Mitt Romney’s perfect hair as he urged…
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