Iowa

State Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott, a Democrat seeking to flip one of the most competitive congressional seats in the country, is facing renewed scrutiny this week over a 2021 video showing her reciting a Muslim prayer on the Iowa Senate floor, and a separate interview in which she described Iowa as insufficiently diverse and implied constituents harbor "horrible animosity" toward Muslims.

The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has permitted Iowa to enforce a ban on LGBT books in public school classrooms.

A bill advancing in the Iowa Legislature would prohibit mail-order abortion pills and require hospitals to report complications from medication abortions to the state.

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America is partnering with Women Speak Out PAC to spend $3.2 million in Iowa during the 2026 midterm elections.

President Trump pauses during an Iowa restaurant visit to receive a prayer from a diner before his speech.

The Department of Education approved Iowa's Returning Education to the States Waiver, making it the first state to secure approval.

President Donald Trump honored two Iowa National Guard members killed during an attack in Syria, participating in their dignified transfers at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.

A high-profile illegal alien who served as superintendent of Iowa’s largest public school system has been revealed as a registered Democratic voter in Maryland, according to newly released unredacted voter registration records.

Des Moines Public Schools Board Chair Jackie Norris ended her U.S. Senate campaign Thursday after facing mounting criticism over her call for radical empathy toward former superintendent Ian Andre Roberts — an illegal immigrant with a lengthy criminal record who led Iowa’s largest school district until his recent arrest.

The youngest person to be elected to the Iowa legislature, Joe Mitchell, has launched a campaign for Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District.