Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Jeff Kaufmann said Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA) has continued to display her “long history of false ads” with her most recent one and has received “very little repercussions” in the meantime.
Former Iowa Republican Gov. Terry Branstad torched Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA) for her “absolutely blatant and false” attack ad against Republican state Sen. Zach Nunn.
A new report by the Government Accountability Institute exposes the vast opportunities for cronyism and corruption within the U.S. Department of Commerce and the people who have taken advantage of it.
Two of the last three American ambassadors to China, and the son of the third, followed up their stints in Beijing by signing lucrative deals with Chinese state-backed companies or firms, Peter Schweizer details in his new book “Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win.”
U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad will step down from his position after three years — The embassy said Branstad will “retire from his position as U.S. envoy and depart Beijing in early October.”
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticized the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Wednesday for refusing to publish an op-ed written by U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad, blasting the CCP’s “fear of free speech and serious intellectual debate.”
President Donald Trump’s signing of bills on Hong Kong human rights drew a furious reaction from China on Thursday, with the U.S. ambassador in Beijing summoned to face a warning the move has been denounced by “all Chinese people” and the U.S. should ready for a “stern” response.
U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad is making a rare visit to Tibet this week, the first visit paid by an American envoy since 2015.
The U.S. ambassador to China has temporarily blocked a proposal by White House aide Stephen Miller to “make it impossible” for Chinese citizens to study in the United States, according to the Financial Times.
The U.S. Ambassador to China and former Governor of Iowa Terry Branstad accused Beijing of using American press to spread propaganda after they placed an ad in Iowa’s Des Moines Register urging the U.S. to end the ongoing trade war between the two countries.
President Donald Trump celebrated farmers in Iowa on Wednesday, vowing to help protect the legacy of American farms.
Iowa on Friday became the latest state to enact a voter-ID law to protect the integrity of its election process, and the state’s elected leaders are already bracing for a legal challenge seeking to invalidate that law before it can go into effect next year.
Thousands of people attended President-elect Donald Trump’s “Thank You” rally in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday night, where the soon-to-be 45th President of the United States introduced his administration’s ambassador to China, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad.
Terry Branstad Branstad met China’s future President Xi Jinping in 1985 on his first trip to the United States. In 2012, Xi returned to the state as the likely next leader of China.
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has accepted the position as ambassador to China. An official statement is expected later on Wednesday.
The Times of Israel reports: WASHINGTON — Iowa’s senate passed a measure Wednesday aimed to deter corporate entities from participating in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel.
A new Fox News poll of Iowa shows Donald Trump surging to a strong 11-point lead in the caucuses taking place next week. With just one week until the first votes of the 2016 primary are cast, Trump leads second-place Sen. Ted Cruz 34-23 percent.
Ted Cruz reacted to the recent attacks from his Republican presidential opponent Donald Trump yesterday in an interview with talk radio host Mark Levin.
Gov. Terry Branstad says he would like for GOP presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) to be defeated in Iowa.
Friday on CNN’s “The Lead,” Gov. Terry Branstad (R-IA) noted Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was getting “huge crowds,” to which he argued could bring new people to the GOP, just as Obama did for the Dems in 2008. Branstad said, “You
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad (R) reportedly has urged Jeb Bush to compete in Iowa if he intends to run for the White House in 2016. According to the Des Moines Register, Branstad reportedly spoke with the former Florida governor and
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (R) remains hospitalized on Tuesday after collapsing on Monday while speaking at a political event. UPDATE: According to Branstad’s office, he was discharged from the hospital “in good condition” and is “now resting comfortably at Terrace Hill.”
Donald Trump is adding his name to a list of Republicans who will be visiting Iowa next month. He’s slated to attend a dinner party “with Gov. Terry Branstad and Steve Bruere, the president of Peoples Company, a land brokerage firm”.
Mitt Romney was early in his endorsement of Iowa republican Joni Ernst, now, with a month left until election day, he’s returning to do two public events for her next week. Another recent Romney claim that he won’t be running
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (R) indicated Wednesday that his state will withdraw from the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) that is developing tests aligned with the Common Core standards. According to Shane Vander Hart at Caffeinated Thoughts, a tweet from
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry is visiting Iowa for the fourth time in eight months, hoping for a second chance to win over Republican voters who delivered him a stinging caucus loss when he ran for
Thursday in Iowa while campaigning for incumbent Gov. Terry Branstad, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie blasted the Obama administration for the their “awful” response to the humanitarian crisis of unaccompanied children flooding across the U.S. Mexico border. The republican governor
After the federal government surreptitiously dumped illegal immigrants in Nebraska last week without informing its governor, Republican Iowa Governor Terry Branstad told federal officials Monday that he did not want his state hosting any illegal immigrant children. “The first thing
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Reviled by staunch conservatives, the common education standards designed to improve schools and student competitiveness are being modified by some Republican governors, who are pushing back against what they call the federal government’s intrusion into the
By STEVE PEOPLES and THOMAS BEAUMONTAssociated PressTRENTON, N.J.A dominant re-election victory in hand, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is pursuing a path to bolster his resume as a get-it-done Republican leader and to broaden a national network of political allies.
While Iowa Democrat gubernatorial candidates were praying for abortion rights last week, the state’s Board of Medicine voted 8-2 to adopt new regulations that would ban “telemed” or “webcam” abortions, i.e., the practice of distributing abortion pills over an Internet
Republican Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, will head to Iowa on Saturday to attend the annual party of one of the state’s most influential political figures. Jindal will attend the annual event hosted by Bruce Rastetter,
Republican Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad told Karl Rove to keep his new super PAC, which some conservatives believe was created to wage war on them, out of Iowa’s Republican primaries. “I basically told Karl Rove that what he was doing
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad (R) launched a petition drive on Friday that he hopes will turn into a national and international campaign to get wrestling reinstated as an Olympic sport. Calling the surprise announcement by the International Olympic Committee last week
In USA Today, Steve Deace has a satiric column thanking the people most responsible for cutting his paycheck 5% in 2013. He writes: “After all, who’s more qualified to talk about shared sacrifice than those who can vote themselves pay
Republican governors in Texas (Rick Perry), Louisiana (Bobby Jindal), Wisconsin (Scott Walker), Ohio (John Kasich), Maine (Paul LePage), South Carolina (Nikki Haley) and 13 other states have said they would not implement state healthcare exchanges under Obamacare. But their refusal
The industrial wind lobby is targeting, with increasing success, Republican governors to jump on board the Big Wind bandwagon. But the taxpayers who pick up the tab are the ones being taken for a ride, as their elected representatives support
(AP) Warning signs for Obama on path to electoral votesBy THOMAS BEAUMONTAssociated PressPresident Barack Obama faces new warning signs in a once-promising Southern state and typically Democratic-voting Midwestern states roughly five months before the election even as he benefits nationally
(AP) A state-by-state look at the road to 270By The Associated PressAn analysis of the state-by-state race to 270 electoral votes, the total needed to win the presidency, and where Democratic President Barack Obama and probable Republican nominee Mitt Romney
Michael Barone has a thoughtful piece on the Iowa caucus in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal. He writes in “As Iowa Goes, So Goes Iowa” that the Iowa caucus often doesn’t decide who wins the primary, let alone the general election.