Iowa

Leading tech developers including Microsoft, OpenAI and Google have acknowledged that growing demand for their AI tools carries hefty costs

‘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

The charismatic 38-year-old businessman was met Friday by hundreds of GOP activists in small central cities near Des Moines

Highs of 109 degrees Fahrenheit forecast for Saturday and 110 F (43.3 C) on Sunday in Dallas would break the current record of 107 F each day

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

A growing chorus of would-be supporters within his own party is questioning DeSantis’ core message and political instincts

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

Super Tuesday is when the largest number of delegates, which candidates win state-by-state, are up for grabs of any single day in the primary cycle

The date is earlier by several weeks than the past three caucuses, though not as early as 2008, when they were held just three days into the new year

TV meteorologist Chris Gloninger faced intensifying harassment as he did more reporting on climate change during local newscasts

The large Republican 2024 presidential field has spent a lot of time over the last few months in Iowa, the leadoff GOP caucus state

A judge sentenced Willard Miller after a sentencing hearing that lasted more than seven hours

Biden faces only minor primary challengers in self-help author Marianne Williamson and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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

A woman was rescued Monday after authorities initially said no one was left inside. No fatalities have been reported

The Republican candidate and current governor of Florida will visit 12 cities in three states this week

The six-story apartment building in downtown Davenport, Iowa collapsed and crashed to the ground on Sunday, injuring one person and displacing countless other residents and businesses