On Wednesday, Trump was making his first of five Iowa visits planned through the end of October. The former president faces sky-high expectations in the state in his campaign for a White House comeback
‘I guess the youth likes Trump,’ he said over the cheers of the students, speaking to the Right Side Broadcasting Network, which supports his candidacy
As the race enters its traditional ramp-up after Labor Day, neither DeSantis nor any other rival have challenged Trump’s standing atop the field in Iowa
Trump, in fewer than two hours on the steaming fairgrounds in Des Moines, attracted thousands of sweating, chanting supporters to his stops at the Iowa Pork Producers tent
Republican strategists have warned against attacking Trump directly, arguing it tends to anger voters who have supported him and see the charges he faces as political persecution
His labor to spur the party forward stood in sharp contrast to the Trump campaign’s release of an on-line ad attacking Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith
Trump’s competitors mostly reserved their sharpest criticism for President Joe Biden and a Democratic Party they argued had lost touch with mainstream America
The former president is making a rare appearance with the rest of the Republican field on Friday, a day after he was charged with additional counts over his retention of classified documents after leaving office
More than a dozen high-profile Republicans are looking to New Hampshire to help stop Trump’s march toward a third consecutive Republican presidential nomination
DeSantis offered mixed messages when asked about Trump, training his most aggressive criticism at federal law enforcement officials instead of his chief Republican rival
Headlining a Republican county meeting, Trump attacked investigators while trying to make light of what could be his third criminal indictment since March
The judge’s decision on Monday means abortion is once again legal in Iowa up to 20 weeks of pregnancy while the courts assess the new law’s constitutionality
The ruling doesn’t preclude Gov. Kim Reynolds and lawmakers from passing a new law restricting abortion, however. Currently, abortions are allowed in Iowa up to 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Davenport Mayor Mike Matson said, “I don’t know that anyone can anticipate a building collapsing.” Maybe not, but what is clear is that while many people anticipated trouble, no one took definitive action to prevent it
Officials also say there are no immediate plans to demolish what remains of the structure, which remains extremely unstable. The state’s search and rescue team, search dogs and cameras were used Thursday to continue combing the building for missing people