Iowa
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Rupture of 138,600 gallons is ‘not a major disaster’ but environmental advocates say it highlights their fears about the Keystone XL and Dakota Access projects
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Two years on the campaign trail revealed an America forgotten in the bicoastal media bubble, leaving our writer unsurprised when Hillary Clinton was beaten
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As race tightens, the candidate departed from her standard campaign speech to say she would bring ‘full weight of the law’ against anyone who killed police
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A Des Moines, Iowa, woman says she voted twice because she was worried her initial ballot for Donald Trump would be altered to back Hillary Clinton
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Standing Rock Sioux tribe clashed with construction crew over weekend, saying the $3.8bn Dakota Access Pipeline disrupts land with ‘great historic significance’
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At Joni’s Roast and Ride, the Republican nominee mixed with hog-riders and hog-eaters. In rare harmony, the party bigwigs loved him just as much as the grass-roots voters
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A bookstore in the US’s only City of Literature, Prairie Lights is beloved by Iowa City’s healthy literary community. Over the years, its booksellers have served icons - David Sedraris, Colm Toibin and even one Barack Obama...
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Meagan Taylor was arrested last July in Iowa while staying at Drury Inn with a friend after staff called police to report ‘two men’ engaged in prostitution
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The Republican frontrunner’s unfavorability ratings with Hispanic voters are at historic levels. If Latinos turn out to vote they could be key in November
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Sean Keeler: Four storied programs – Kentucky, Indiana, Kansas and UConn – share the court on Saturday in Des Moines, lending a Final Four feel to a second-round twinbill
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‘We do not need a militia of toddlers,’ says lawmaker of draft law allowing under-14s to have ‘a pistol, revolver or the ammunition’ under parental supervision
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Ottumwa’s synagogue was once standing room only on high holidays but now is facing closure in what’s become a common occurence in Iowa and the midwest
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The former Virginia governor got 12 votes in Iowa and was humiliated again in New Hampshire. He dropped out, but he had already wasted everyone’s time
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The real estate mogul’s success in New Hampshire happened despite a comparatively weak campaign organization and a penchant for controversy
The weather outside remains frightful for storm-weary northern Plains states