8+ hour, 48+ min ago   (727+ words) The Trump administration is drafting a rule that would let married couples with a stay-at-home spouse collect federal welfare benefits. The money comes from a 1990s Health and Human Services fund meant to cover daycare so low-income parents could work or…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (613+ words) It’s one thing for Trump to usurp powers that belong to Congress — quite another for him to usurp places that belong to all of us. I’m talking about his renaming and demolishing what we share in common. Trump said he…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (756+ words) PALO -- The U.S. Department of Energy has closed on a loan of up to $1.9 billion to support the restart of Iowa's only nuclear energy station, Duane Arnold Energy Center. U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy James Danly said Tuesday in Palo the "unmothballing…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (890+ words) DES MOINES -- Alongside the familiar sounds of roosters crowing and thrill seekers screaming on rides at the Iowa State Fair, there was a chorus of boos from Turning Point Action activists who were heckling Democratic politicians making their way through…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (186+ words) Unfortunately, the structure of this deal is socialist and I am not going to pretend otherwise because a Republican signed it. We have seen this movie three times this year. Washington took roughly 10% of Intel and called it the CHIPS…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (655+ words) The race for control of the Senate next January is a dead heat. Conventional wisdom suggests the contests in swingy states like Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina and Georgia could prove decisive. And they might. But it’s possible that the fate…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (632+ words) The couple had every reason to believe they were walking into the final step of a process that would allow Armelle to remain legally in the country she has called home since she was 9 years old. Three weeks later, I…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (488+ words) As a retired firefighter and former state senator, I've remained passionate about healthcare affordability and bipartisan policy that works for everyone. That's why Sen. Chuck Grassley's bipartisan report, titled "Profits Over Patients: The Harmful Effects of Private Equity on the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (355+ words) President Trump’s tariffs aren’t popular, but he’s found a way to make them even less so — a trade war with America’s most inoffensive ally. When one thinks of countries that deserve to be subjected to a steady stream of insults…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (864+ words) One of the unfortunate realities of getting older is finding that the people you like begin to die. There are some, maybe, who are taken before their time and others who go at the end of a complete life, but…...