The Iowa attorney general's office filed child labor charges Tuesday against the owner and managers of the Agriprocessors kosher meatpacking plant, the site of one of the nation's largest workplace immigration raids
A Fourth of July fireworks shell misfired in a northern Iowa town, sending a fireball skidding down a street
The flood damage to Iowa crops could reach $3 billion, according to the state's agriculture secretary.
As southeastern Iowa and other parts of the Midwest prepared for the Mississippi River's wrath, the rest of Iowa began the slow move from protection to cleanup
The flooding in Iowa over the last week has been a tremendous human tragedy for many in the Hawkeye state.
Iowa officials are concerned about towns along the Mississippi River as floodwaters in the state's eastern counties began to drain toward the river.
Orangutans and bonobos in one of North America's leading ape research centers are spending time high in their habitats to escape Iowa floodwaters, officials said Monday.
Floodwaters were receding Saturday in Cedar Rapids, but as the Cedar retreated, waters in Iowa City had already invaded parts of the University of Iowa campus and weren't expected to crest until sometime Monday
TIME's reporter in Des Moines reports on the calamities of seemingly biblical proportions that have pushed the stoic state to the breaking point
At least four people were killed and another 40 injured Wednesday when a tornado struck a Boy Scout camp in western Iowa, a state safety official said.
The Iowa attorney general's office filed child labor charges Tuesday against the owner and managers of the Agriprocessors kosher meatpacking plant, the site of one of the nation's largest workplace immigration raids
A Fourth of July fireworks shell misfired in a northern Iowa town, sending a fireball skidding down a street
The flood damage to Iowa crops could reach $3 billion, according to the state's agriculture secretary.
As southeastern Iowa and other parts of the Midwest prepared for the Mississippi River's wrath, the rest of Iowa began the slow move from protection to cleanup
The flooding in Iowa over the last week has been a tremendous human tragedy for many in the Hawkeye state.
Iowa officials are concerned about towns along the Mississippi River as floodwaters in the state's eastern counties began to drain toward the river.
Orangutans and bonobos in one of North America's leading ape research centers are spending time high in their habitats to escape Iowa floodwaters, officials said Monday.
Floodwaters were receding Saturday in Cedar Rapids, but as the Cedar retreated, waters in Iowa City had already invaded parts of the University of Iowa campus and weren't expected to crest until sometime Monday
TIME's reporter in Des Moines reports on the calamities of seemingly biblical proportions that have pushed the stoic state to the breaking point
At least four people were killed and another 40 injured Wednesday when a tornado struck a Boy Scout camp in western Iowa, a state safety official said.
When Stephen Jennings landed in California, he quickly shed his Iowan roots. His first job carried the only-in-L.A. title of "assistant flame artist."
While taxpayers wait for federal rebate checks that Congress hopes will help jump-start the economy, state officials across the country are floating similar ideas
Of all the surprises during the 2007-08 college basketball season, the one that has to rank at the top of the list is this: It's cool to be Drake.
• 18 in '08 This group gets its name from a documentary film by teenage director David D. Burstein, who spent two years examining the disconnect between politicians and young adults. (One congressman told Burnstein the government should never have lowered the voting age in the first place). After the film's release, Burstein launched the site "to register, engage, and mobilize America's youth," as the site's mission statement reads. As for why he started the organization, Burnstein tells Politico: "There is a tendency to categorize our generation as obsessed with Angelina, Britney and Xboxes. But more than ever, our generation wants to make a difference; we just have no reason to believe politics is a way of doing that." • Rock The Vote Rock the Vote, popularized by MTV's 1996 "Choose or Lose initiative," began in 1989 with founder Jeff Ayeroff's first campaign, "Censorship is UnAmerican." Ayeroff, then an entertainment
In one hopeful sign for the Democrats, their voters have outnumbered Republicans at the polls in the early primaries by a sizeable margin
Many of our political savants and pundits took one in the teeth last night. I couldn't be happier about last night's surprising results, and not because I favor one candidate or another. I'm just glad the so-called experts in the national media were wrong about their premature assumptions that the Democratic and Republican nominations for president were a done deal.
The sudden reversal of her political fortunes has put Hillary's campaign in a position few would have predicted
With Tuesday's New Hampshire primary fast approaching, Sen. Barack Obama has opened a double-digit lead over Sen. Hillary Clinton in the state, a CNN-WMUR poll found Sunday.
Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee have claimed victories in Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucuses.
Watch the presidential hopefuls react to the Iowa caucus results.
Sen. Barack Obama's victory Thursday in critical Democratic Iowa caucuses indicate voters saw him as a candidate of change, according to entrance polls.
Mike Huckabee needed incredible turnout from self-described evangelical voters Thursday to win Iowa. Hillary Clinton was counting on capturing the women's vote to carry the day.
Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee have claimed victories in Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucuses.
In search of the perfect caucus, Joel Stein joined Iowans in their bead-throwing, rule-morphing festival
It's just one win, but Joe Klein says January 3, 2008 may mark the end of the politics of race -- and baby boomers
He may leave Iowa a proven winner, but the onetime underdog also leaves behind much of his evangelical support and faces new scrutiny and rivals
Clinton and Romney suffer tough losses in the state's caucuses, as turnout is high and the contest is scrambled for both parties
The arcane rules governing Thursday's Iowa Democratic caucuses will test even the most organized campaign, but mastery of the process could launch a candidate on a path to the White House.
With a first place finish, he'll fly out of Des Moines as the GOP's golden boy. But anything less and he risks being sidelined
After months of campaigning and plenty of money and media hype, just who'll come out on top in Iowa is still anybody's guess. And tomorrow morning, anybody's second guess
Presidential candidates have been wooing voters in Iowa for months, but who wins Thursday may simply come down to where the caucus-goers live, where they meet and the weather.
Thirty-six hours on the road with the former Senator means enduring fast food, small crowds, a heckler and a broken-down bus
In the final hours before the Iowa caucuses, candidates are trying to gain the support of the undecided and make sure their supporters show up.
The results from Thursday's Iowa caucuses will most likely monopolize front page headlines in the nation's daily newspapers the following day, but only a huge turn of events would likely interest Wall Street.
While the front-runners slugged it out in the days before Thursday's Iowa caucuses, second-tier Democratic presidential candidates spent the final hours before the big event plugging away in hope of staging an upset.
The presidential candidates began the new year making their pitches to undecided voters and working hard to motivate their supporters to get out and participate in Thursday's Iowa caucuses.
Big decisions will be made in Iowa on Thursday. Caucus-goers will vote based on politics, leadership, group psychology -- and sometimes just 'cause Daddy told them so
For the second time in two weeks, presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee has aired a commercial in which a Christian symbol appears in the background.
Iowa's 2.3 million eligible voters have been bombarded with close to $40 million worth of political ads on television this cycle -- more than three times the amount spent there in 2004.
He's been written off the entire campaign, but the Delaware Senator could be the real surprise if his experience lures enough caucus-goers
Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama took thinly veiled swings at former Sen. John Edwards on Monday, appropriating some of Edwards' populist appeals ahead of this week's Iowa caucuses.
Days before the Iowa caucuses, a prominent Hillary Clinton supporter criticized the state's privileged role in the presidential nominating process, forcing her campaign to declare she did not agree.
Former Sen. John Edwards dismissed plans of fellow Democrats as "fantasy" while Republican contender Mike Huckabee blasted his leading rival, Mitt Romney, as "dishonest" Sunday.
All the action this New Year's is in the Hawkeye State, but the candidates -- sprinting toward Caucus Day -- won't be partying much
With just one week to go before the Iowa caucuses, the Democratic presidential candidates are focusing on the Hawkeye state, working to clearly define the choices they are offering.
Even though it happened half a world away, the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan could have an effect on the campaign in Iowa.
While Huckabee and Romney work to win the caucus, McCain, Thompson and Giuliani hope their tough talk on war and immigration can ensure a respectable third-place finish
In the race for the White House, each party has one candidate who might shake things up.
After most took Christmas Day off the campaign trail, presidential candidates are flocking back to Iowa to try to break the logjam at the top of the Hawkeye State's first-in-the-nation caucus.
The former pastor's talk of economic disparity is a message rarely heard in the GOP. Will it resonate beyond Iowa?
Analysis: The former front-runner is now facing a surprisingly tough battle in Iowa and beyond. What happened?
For college students, winter break is a time for vegging out and relying on mom and dad to do the laundry.
Just two weeks until the Iowa caucuses, the Democratic presidential candidates appear to be in a dead heat in the Hawkeye State, according to a new CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll.
Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson is trying to become a GOP contender in record time.
Two of the most influential papers for voters in Iowa and New Hampshire -- the first two states to weigh in at the polls in 2008 -- both endorsed John McCain in the Republican presidential race, but differed in their choice in the Democratic contest.
Amid Romney's hopes and Huckabee's surge, he's the forgotten conservative in Iowa's race. But a 15-day campaign blitz is keeping the former Tennessee Senator optimistic
Iowa's earliest caucus ever means that neither the candidates nor Iowa voters will get much of a holiday break
In the face of Huckabee's surge, the former governor is trying to convince Iowa voters he can reunite the Reagan coalition
Sen. Hillary Clinton on Thursday tried to portray herself as the candidate most able to bring about change at the Democratic presidential hopefuls' final debate before next month's Iowa caucuses.
You don't have to travel to the Democratic side of the presidential race and to hear the chords of protectionism. That was evident at yesterday's Republican presidential debate in Johnston, Iowa - the last formal verbal joust before that state's voters kick off the official race by voting in caucuses on January 3.
Maybe it was the midday start time. Maybe it was the holiday season. But Wednesday's Republican presidential debate lacked the brutal street-fighting tone that has characterized previous meetings, as well as the past few days on the trail in Iowa.
The leading Republican presidential candidates threw a few jabs but mostly struck an optimistic tone Wednesday in their last debate before January's Iowa caucuses.
Issues most important to Iowa voters dominated Wednesday's debate between the GOP presidential candidates.
As the race tightens in the crucial caucus state, Obama's supporters think their organization will carry the day
Sarah Huckabee can't stand the cold. But she's one reason her dad's chances in Iowa are heating up
Saying she felt compelled to support "the man I believe has a new vision for America," Oprah Winfrey spoke passionately about Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama at two rallies in Iowa Saturday.
In a TIME survey of the electorate, we try to find out what candidate qualities are playing well and poorly with voters. Get details and your 24/7 political news on TIME's The Page
As the caucuses fast approach candidates are relying on a hardy young band of underpaid, overworked staffers to win over voters
Mike Huckabee boasts about running an above-the-mud campaign that does not smear his GOP rivals, but a group founded by some of his supporters appears to be doing just that.
With states moving their caucuses and primaries earlier, what does that mean for Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucus?
The eight candidates vying to be the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 elections answered questions submitted by CNN and YouTube users in a debate Wednesday night. Here is a full transcript of the event:
The Sunshine State takes center stage Wednesday night in the race for the White House as eight Republican presidential candidates face off in the party's first CNN/YouTube debate.
In some polls, immigration ranks behind only the Iraq war and the economy as Iowa voters' top issue.
It may be Thanksgiving, but for some of the presidential candidates, there will be no holiday.
Every Sunday, Pastor Darran Whiting talks to his small yet devout flock in Coggon, Iowa, about faith and family values.
Want to get a sense of democracy in action? Just pack your parka and head to Iowa before the caucuses
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has spent $10.2 million on television advertising this year -- a record amount at this point in a presidential campaign -- according to new data provided to CNN.
He's gained momentum from his performance in the last debate. But the Democratic underdog still has an uphill battle
The Iowa Republican Party will hold its caucus January 3 to beat other states' rush to move up their primaries in the presidential nomination process.
Hillary Rodham Clinton has taken the lead among Democratic presidential candidates in an Iowa poll, a sign of progress for her campaign of progress toward overcoming a big hurdle in the race.
Here's my anonymously sourced, second-hand Fred Thompson story that confirms the conventional wisdom. Takes place at a dinner in Washington last winter. Thompson is sitting next to a Hollywood insider who asks him, Why weren't you interested in being president of the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America)? Look, Thompson says. Dick Wolf (creator of "Law and Order") pays me a lot of money to work two days a week. Why would I work for less money and work six days a week? Okay, says the insider, I get that. Then a few weeks later comes the news that Thompson wants to be president of the United States.
With Sen. Hillary Clinton coming off a strong fundraising quarter and new polls showing she is surging both nationally and in Iowa, her Democratic rivals are hoping to knock her off her stride, and Republicans are directing their fire at her in anticipation of a general election matchup.
Think picnic, political fundraiser, circus, and rally and it pretty much gives you a visual of The Harkin Steak Fry on a hot-air balloon field in Indianola, Iowa.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the Iowa Republican straw poll Saturday, giving his campaign a boost six months before the state holds its first-in-the-nation caucuses.
Iowa State broke the mold when it let its fans help pick a new helmet logo. The online voting produced an overwhelming winner -- and a surprising change in the school's original plans.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Iowa wide receiver Andy Brodell is likely to miss the rest of the season after tearing his hamstring during Saturday's loss to Wisconsin.
With so many debates scheduled, can candidates get away with not showing up? It depends on whether voters see a pattern.
The major Democratic candidates gather for one of the most anticipated events leading up to the crucial Iowa primaries
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- University of Iowa football player Clint Huntrods was arrested early Thursday after a police officer saw him urinating in public, police said.
It's Labor Day, the traditional kickoff of the race for the White House. In the old days, this is when campaigning actually began. But that's been history for quite some time, and in this hectic, fast-paced 2008 campaign season, it's been full speed ahead since the beginning of the year.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, behind in polls and campaign money, is betting the farm on Iowa's leadoff caucuses, hoping a strong showing will rocket him to the top of the field.
Less than two hours after a judge struck down Iowa's decade-old gay marriage ban, two Des Moines men applied for a marriage license
An Iowa district court ruled Thursday that same-sex couples can marry based on the state constitution's guarantee of equal treatment, court documents show.
John Edwards is pinning his presidential hopes on Iowa, a place where he and the voters really do see eye to eye
John Edwards is pinning his presidential hopes on Iowa, a place where he and the voters really do see eye to eye
Democratic presidential candidates say they are reaching out to Hispanics -- a group that could play a key role in Iowa's caucuses.
It depends on where you are, but for many drought-stricken farmers, the Midwest rains are alleviating a bad summer for soybean and corn crops
The Democratic candidate is reaching out to Latino voters, but that means doing a delicate dance in Iowa
Romney's win was no surprise, but who knew Mike Huckabee was a contender in the Republican presidential race?
Trailing Mitt Romney in the polls and Fred Thompson in hype, Giuliani decides to care about Iowa after all
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