The House voted Friday to expel Rep. George Santos, ending the New York Republican’s tumultuous tenure in Congress and officially etching his name in the history books as the sixth lawmaker ever to be ousted from the lower chamber. The extraordinary move, unseen in 20 years, took three attempts over six months and required support from large numbers in both parties to meet the inflated threshold — two-thirds of the chamber — for expelling a sitting member. The final tally, 311-114-2, surpassed that mark, with 105 Republicans joining almost all Democrats to remove the scandal-plagued Santo ..read more

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) used the Heimlich maneuver on Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) during the Senate GOP's Thursday lunch after she choked on part of her meal.  Ernst said as much on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, thanking Paul for intervening. "Can’t help but choke on the woke policies Dems are forcing down our throats. Thanks, Dr. @RandPaul !" she wrote, referencing a post from Politico. Ernst hosted the Thursday luncheon, which is provided weekly by a member and frequently features their home state's delicacies. Her fellow Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley (R) posted about the meal ..read more

PELLA, Iowa -- Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson is back in Iowa this week, making a push just over a month and a half out from the Iowa caucuses. Hutchinson toured Vermeer Corporations on the east side of the city and spoke to workers and voters throughout the course of the day. At the end he took questions from those in attendance. The former governor sits at 1% in the latest Des Moines Register/NBC News poll, but he expects that to climb in the next month. Hutchinson spoke with WHO 13 News after the event to discuss his placement in latest polls showing a lack of support ahead of the ..read more

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Seven Iowa families filed a lawsuit on Tuesday in federal court to block SF 496. The law was just signed by Governor Reynolds within the last year. It prohibits education on gender identity and sexual orientation in grades K-6th, requires districts to let families know if their child is using pronouns other than sex-at-birth, prohibits books with sex acts from schools, etc. The ACLU of Iowa, Lamdba Legal and Jenner & Block LLP are representing the seven Iowa families. Today, several families spoke with members of the media to discuss why they are filing the suit. "Readi ..read more

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Iowa State Representative Jon Dunwell joined Today in Iowa Saturday live via Zoom to discuss his support for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in the race for the GOP nomination. DeSantis is doing the "Full Grassley", holding campaign events in all of Iowa's 99 counties. The DeSantis campaign sits currently at 98 out of 99 counties, with the last being Jasper. Dunwell represents Jasper county in the Iowa Statehouse. He discussed his reasoning for supporting the governor and how he views the current caucus campaign cycle ..read more

Bob Vander Plaats, an influential Iowa evangelical leader, endorsed Ron DeSantis for president Tuesday, boosting the Florida governor as he goes all in on the leadoff caucus state in an effort to trip up Republican front-runner Donald Trump. Vander Plaats is the second major backer DeSantis has picked up in Iowa this month, joining popular Gov. Kim Reynolds. Evangelicals are a crucial voting bloc in Iowa's Republican caucuses. Vander Plaats, president of the Family Leader, has endorsed the eventual winner in every GOP caucus since 2008 and is potentially jeopardizing h ..read more

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Ten minutes before Vivek Ramaswamy was to take the stage in a dated casino hotel in western Iowa, no one was in the conference room except for two staffers from the Iowa GOP, which organized the event, and a group of journalists. Guests started trickling in at the time the event was scheduled. By the time Ramaswamy began his remarks an hour later, there were about 60 people. While Ramaswamy is packing his schedule with stops across Iowa, he has failed to move up in the 2024 Republican primary race and is increasingly at risk of becoming an aftert ..read more

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis wrapped up a busy weekend in Iowa, the governor has held campaign events in 98 out of 99 counties in the state. Back in May when DeSantis first announced he set his sight on the finishing the "full Grassley" before the January 15 caucus date. "One thing I have learned is that Iowans take this responsibility very seriously," said DeSantis. "They are very attentive to the problems in this country. They believe in this country but they want to see a different direction. And I saw that reverberate in all corners of the state. It's really been ..read more

FORT DODGE, Iowa -- Former president Donald Trump was back in Iowa Saturday afternoon, holding a rally at Fort Dodge High School. Trump started his remarks by mentioning he was told the crowd there broke the longstanding record for attendance in the high school gymnasium. He also touted a judicial victory in Colorado after a judge rejected a challenge to remove Trump's name off of the primary ballot. The former president went after primary opponents along with President Joe Biden. Criticizing his meeting on the west coast with Xi Jinping He ended the speech as he usually does: pushing people t ..read more

DES MOINES, Iowa -- The Family Leader held their third ever Thanksgiving Family Forum, hosting three presidential candidates in downtown Des Moines Friday. Vivek Ramaswamy, Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis all sat together at a Thanksgiving-style family table, for a a roundtable discussion. President and CEO of The Family Leader, Bob Vander Plaats, moderated the discussion. Candidates talked about a multitude of issues including Israel's right to defend itself, their own faith, the persecution of Christians and their thoughts on abortion legislation. "That d ..read more