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US elections 2020 ‘My party is a cult’: Republican Joe Walsh on his Iowa challenge to Trump Taking the nomination from the president is like throwing tennis balls at a tank – but the ex-congressman presses on Robert Reich: Democrats share blame for the rise of Trump Joe Walsh, campaigning to be the 2020 Republican […] More
Interview Martin Pengelly Interview ‘How do you fall for the Bernie Sanders scam?’ Martin O’Malley on the Democrats and Iowa Martin Pengelly In 2016, the Maryland governor ran for president. Now he’s taking the battle to Trump – and hoping his party won’t veer too far left Martin O’Malley at a CNN Democratic town hall […] More
Pete Buttigieg Influential ‘gold standard’ of polls pulled ahead of caucuses on Monday after reported complaint from Buttigieg campaign Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg at a campaign event on Saturday. Photograph: Sue Ogrocki/AP The Des Moines Register and CNN canceled the release of one of the most influential polls of the Democratic presidential primaries on […] More
Congresswoman responds to Clinton comments in documentary Welcome to Iowa, temporary center of the political universe Rashida Tlaib, left, appears with Pramila Jayapal and Ilhan Omar in Clive, Iowa. Photograph: Marcio José Sánchez/AP The spectre of Hillary Clinton loomed once more over Bernie Sanders’ campaign efforts in Iowa on Saturday after Rashida Tlaib, a congresswoman […] More
‘I don’t like rich guys…but I like him’: who supports billionaire Tom Steyer? Plenty of Iowans like the former hedge fund manager. But that might not necessarily translate into actual votes ‘We can’t risk another four years of Trump’: will Democrats in Iowa play it safe or go bold? Tom Steyer poses for a photo […] More
Every four years, candidates flood the state, trailed by staff, media and global attention, to give a first indication of who might be president Joe Biden’s campaign bus heads to an event in Mount Pleasant, Iowa Friday. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA “Iowa: Wave The Next Time You Fly Over!” “Des Moines: Your mom says all […] More
Donald Trump Trump has handed his ultra-loyal evangelical base policy victories and in return they turn a blind eye to his scandals Trump supporters at a rally for evangelical Christians at the King Jesus International Ministry in Miami on 3 January 2020. Photograph: Lynne Sladky/AP Joanne Craig, a lifelong evangelical Republican and resident of Sioux […] More
‘We can’t risk another four years of Trump’: will Democrats in Iowa play it safe or go bold? People listen to Elizabeth Warren at a campaign stop in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on 26 January 2020. Photograph: Stephen Maturen/AFP via Getty Images Democrats voting in the Iowa caucuses grapple with the question of not only which […] More
