In the 2024 presidential election, President Donald Trump won each of Iowa’s four congressional districts. He won the 1st District by 8 points, the 2nd District by 10 points, the 3rd District (which i...

BONDURANT, Iowa — You know you’re in Iowa when your car is passed on Interstate 80 by a 12-wheeler truck with the message “Pork Blood Only — Inedible, Not Intended for Human Food.” You know it’s campa...

THE STATE HAS A RESPONSIBILITY to keep things safe and make things fair. That’s why it inspects cars. It issues licenses for everything from hunting to driving to nursing and cosmetology. It regulates...

IF YOU’RE LOOKING TO AVOID waiting in line at the polls on Election Day, today is the deadline to apply for a mail-in ballot for the Nov. 3 general election. “If you want to vote by mail, now is the t...

There are two ways of looking at the midterms, now less than three weeks away. One is as a simple referendum on the issues and politicians of the day. The other involves a far deeper conflict of visio...

HARRISBURG HAS BEEN FLUSH with work to do in 2026. Legislators in Pennsylvania, like those in the federal government, do not function in a single-year calendar. They work in two-year cycles as the Hou...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In 2022, Democrat Wiley Nickel ran as a moderate and narrowly won North Carolina’s 13th Congressional District by about 9,000 votes. Two years later, the current congressman, Repu...

To the Editor: According to the calendar, approximately two years remain of Donald Trump’s tenure as president of the United States. Since his inauguration in 2024, nothing has been the same since tha...

On Monday, France’s Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez admitted that police have “lost control” as some cities continue to see massive waves of looting and mayhem. Social media brims with images of store...

On Monday, France’s Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez admitted that police have “lost control” as some cities continue to see massive waves of looting and mayhem. Social media brims with images of store...

By JULIE CARR SMYTH AND THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The backlash over an Ohio campaign advertisement attacking Amy Acton, the Democratic nominee for governor, spread beyond ...

Halloween events kicked off this week, and we want to be the first to give a thumbs up to all the organizers of Halloween parades, trunk-or-treats and other events in the Valley. We hope everyone stay...

THERE ARE TOPICS THAT GRAB people’s attention. People show up for meetings about artificial intelligence and data centers. They get passionate about issues that splinter communities along political li...

At the “Trumpapalooza” convention in Dallas last month, the president urged his followers to “cheat like hell” in this fall’s election, now just two weeks away. The man who insists — with no evidence ...

“Irefuse to let my new granddaughter have to fight for the rights generations have fought for and won, rights that she should be guaranteed.” So said New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on the night of May 2, ...

PENN STATE COULD BE MAKING some cuts. Again. The university announced last week that administrators were recommending that up to 47 programs be chopped. Some would be from the flagship University Park...

By JOSH BOAK, BECKY BOHRER AND BILL BARROW Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is hoping that $5,000 checks can juice Republican turnout in November’s midterm elections — but eve...

been said many times It’s that a president’s job approval rating is one of the most important predictors of how his party will perform in midterm elections. President Trump’s rating is very low at the...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. By JORDI CALVET-BADEMUNT Research Fellow and Visiting Scholar of Political Science, Vand...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. By VALERIE M. FRIDLAND Professor of Linguistics, University of Nevada, Reno With the mid...