.
@ewarren
’s competence, respect for others and status as the nation’s first female president would be a fitting response to the ignorance, sexism and xenophobia of the Trump Oval Office, the Register’s editorial board writes.
#IAcaucus
The Register's editorial board wrote: "The outstanding caliber of Democratic candidates makes it difficult to choose just one."
But the board did: It is backing
@ewarren
:
Andrew Yang deserves our attention because he is focusing on issues that will likely become central to the lives of more and more Americans in the decade ahead, whether or not voters hold President Donald Trump to one term, columnist writes.
Dave Chappelle said seeing the wealth inequality in his community in Ohio pushed him to get involved in politics — and said that
@AndrewYang
with a UBI proposal had the best solution for the problem.
At this moment, when the very fabric of American life is at stake because of inequality,
@ewarren
is the president this nation needs, the Register's editorial board writes. Read the endorsement:
Opinion: Many Iowa medical workers were not vaccinated before our junior senator, who just months ago suggested we were exploiting COVID-19 for money, writes Dr. Suzanne Bartlett Hackenmiller.
.
@AndrewYang
argued in Iowa City on Saturday that the federal government guaranteeing six months parental leave and a Universal Basic Income "would meaningfully unleash women."
#IACaucus
"But for
@AndrewYang
, I'm throwing my support behind him every second that I can, every spare moment that I have, and I think a lot of other people are doing the same," said one supporter.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced two initiatives meant to give all travelers a better experience in the air: A bill of rights for disabled passengers and a notice urging airlines to prioritize seating families together.
The world's whitest paint has been created in a lab at Purdue. Scientists say it's so white that it could eventually reduce the need for air conditioning.
"Please leave us out of your debate," Mollie Tibbetts' father said in an exclusive guest column for the Des Moines Register. "At long last, show some decency."
Sen.
@BernieSanders
writes in a guest column that he'll strengthen anti-trust laws and again allow farmers to sue "big corporate middlemen" if he's elected president.
For the first time, the popular college football pre-game show will originate on Cy-Hawk Saturday morning from the grassy area between Hilton Coliseum and the Scheiman Building.
Watch:
@JoeBiden
says he wouldn't comply with a Senate subpoena in
@realDonaldTrump
's impeachment trial because it would create a narrative that would let the president "off the hook."
Read more from our interview earlier today:
“We kept everybody on full pay and benefits the whole time. We lost $4 million, but they needed the money more than I did,” Iowa Cubs owner Michael Gartner said.
While Republican Chuck Grassley leads Democratic challenger Mike Franken, the margin is narrower than in any Iowa Poll matchup involving Grassley since he was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1980.
#IowaPoll
Iowa voters have adopted a proposed amendment to the Iowa Constitution that would add the right “to keep and bear arms," adding language that goes beyond the protections contained in the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment.
We know how Iowans feel about their breakfast pizza, but have you considered Froot Loops on pizza? Well, now's the time to consider it, as the Forest Ave. location in Des Moines of Fong's Pizza has added it to their menu.
Iowa women's basketball superstar Caitlin Clark (
@CaitlinClark22
) passed "Pistol" Pete Maravich to become the NCAA Division I basketball all-time leading scorer.
In Tuesday's speech, with criticism of a specific police shooting and an attack toward members of her own political party, Harris was bolder about race. Some members of the crowd said they were impressed.
Opinion: Chuck Grassley and his GOP colleagues can come up with any excuses they want, but their words in 2016 were unambiguous: no Supreme Court hearings, writes the Register's editorial board. (Joni Ernst, you're not off the hook either.)
"I think it's really important that we tell El Paso's story, connect that to this country's story and help all of us stand up against this together,"
@BetoORourke
said in Iowa.
.
@BernieSanders
can win the general election, and he's also the most likely candidate to implement the changes America and the world need, says Register opinion columnist
@RekhaBasu
in her
#IAcaucus
endorsement.
A majority of Iowans, including a third of Iowa Republicans, say they hope U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley decides not seek reelection in 2022, a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom
#IowaPoll
shows.
.
@SteveKingIA
rebuffed the Des Moines Register's request for credentials to his election night event, saying it and "any other leftist propaganda media outlet" were not welcome.
#IApolitics
#IAvotes
A West Virginia postal carrier pled guilty to mail and election fraud after admitting he changed the political affiliation on multiple voter ballots from Democrat to Republican.