Democratic state Sen. Timothy Kennedy won a special election Tuesday for the New York congressional seat vacated by Democrat Brian Higgins. Kennedy easily defeated Republican Gary Dickson for the upstate New York seat, helped by a 2-to-1 Democratic registration advantage in the district, which includes Buffalo, Niagara Falls and several suburbs. Kennedy has been in the state Senate since 2011. Describing Washington as chaotic and dysfunctional, he said he would focus in Congress on reproductive rights, immigration and stronger gun laws like those passed in New York after a 2022 mass shooting a ..read more

An Arizona grand jury has indicted Donald Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows, lawyer Rudy Giuliani and 16 others for their efforts to use so-called fake electors to try to overturn Trumps loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. An indictment released earlier Wednesday named 11 Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Trump won Arizona in 2020, and it also said there are seven other defendants whose names were not immediately released because they had not yet been served with the charges. Trump is described as an unindicted co-conspirator. Tru ..read more

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (KMTV) One-hundred-and-thirty-five votes were cast at Kirn Middle School in Council Bluffs on Monday night during the Iowa Caucuses. It was just one of the precincts meeting throughout the state. We spoke with supporters of Ambassador Nikki Haley, Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump who explained why they were speaking at the caucus on behalf of their chosen candidates. At the end of the night, the totals at the Kirn meeting were: Trump 64, Haley 36, DeSantis 26 and Ramaswamy 9. Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Jeff Kaufmann said in a press release that ab ..read more

Iowa Congressman Randy Feenstra met with business leaders at Glenwood State Bank in Mills County. From there, he went to Council Bluffs to talk healthcare. In Mills County, he fielded questions on a range of issues including interest rates, foreign policy, levees along the Missouri River and real estate. Before Feenstra headed to Council Bluffs we asked him about Iowans having access to rural healthcare, an issue he says he's working on in Congress. BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT: It's Thanksgiving break and members of Congress are back in their districts speaking to constituents. I'm Southwest Iowa rep ..read more

These days, large numbers of people are finding their partners online, but 90-year-old Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley has been getting attention for the number of couples who have met and married while working for him. I want to make sure that we recognize that Sen. Grassleys office has been noted to be the hottest spot for people coming to Washington to find each other and get married. Bravo Chuck! Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said to chuckles during a Judiciary Committee hearing. Kurt and Kathy Kovarik are one of those couples. They met working for Grassley in the late 90s. Shes from Le Mars, Iowa a ..read more

Professor Angela Davis is an icon of the 1970s Black liberation movement and she was in Omaha speaking at the I Be Black Girl Reproductive Justice Summit. So its not about helping some poor people who havent been able to help themselves, said Davis. Its about establishing an egalitarian relationship and recognizing that we are all in this together. The conference, which took place at the downtown Hilton, drew organizers and community leaders from around the country. Monique Liston, an educator and doula, came from Wisconsin. She says doulas ensure better birth outcomes. Reproductive justice is ..read more

After a chaotic three weeks, the U.S. House of Representatives finally elected a new Speaker of the House with Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson claiming the gavel. Congressman Don Bacon describes the new speaker as a "decent" man. To me, he sounds very Reagan-esque when he talks about our better days are ahead of us,' protecting this institution, the need for civility; and he gave a speech yesterday that's one of the best speeches I've heard on the U.S. House floor, said Bacon Despite his vote in favor of Johnson, Bacon says he disagrees on at least one key issue. I voted to certify the elect ..read more

Former U.S. Senator from Nebraska and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel was at UNO Tuesday where he hosted a symposium for high school students. He also sat down with 3 News Now to discuss a wide array of issues. "I'm as concerned as I think I've ever been in my life about the state of world affairs," said Hagel. Hes not optimistic about international relations right now. Hagel says he agrees with the administration's decision to send a second carrier group to the Mediterranean during the war between Israel and Hamas. "I think it's smart just to be careful and prudent and sending a very clear s ..read more

The farm bill expired on Sept. 30 and, while most aspects of the bill have funding for at least until November, the bill affects a much larger segment of the American population than some might realize. Technically, it reverts to the original, 1930s version of the bill when it expires. "If you think about how people are served through nutrition programs today, that's important, said President of the Iowa Farm Bureau and Calhoun County farmer Brent Johnson. When you think about all the work that farmers are doing in conservation and sustainability programs those are in modern farm bills, not in ..read more

"Support Our Schools Nebraska" has gotten enough signatures to put LB 753 on the ballot for voters to decide on a possible repeal. 3 News Now verified with the secretary of state's office which says the next step will be for the state attorney general's office to create the language for the 2024 ballot measure. LB 753 was passed by state lawmakers this session. It allows people to donate to private school scholarship funds and receive a tax credit. "Support Our Schools Nebraska" needed at least 5% of voters from 38 counties and a little over 61,000 signatures for the petition to become a refer ..read more