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Update: IA Gov. Branstad Released from Hospital

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.”

Trump To Iowa

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”.

Romney Returns to Iowa for Ernst

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

Christie: Obama Is Doing an Awful Job on Border Crisis

Christie: Obama Is Doing an Awful Job on Border Crisis

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

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad to Feds: Don't Dump Illegals in My State

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad to Feds: Don't Dump Illegals in My State

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

Governors Group Skirts 'Radioactive' Common Core

Governors Group Skirts 'Radioactive' Common Core

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

Iowa GOP Activist on Christie: 'Don't Like the Man'

Iowa GOP Activist on Christie: 'Don't Like the Man'

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.

Iowa Board of Medicine Votes to Halt 'Webcam' Abortions

Iowa Board of Medicine Votes to Halt 'Webcam' Abortions

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

Jindal Heads to Iowa for Important Annual Event

Jindal Heads to Iowa for Important Annual Event

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,

Iowa Gov. Branstad to Rove: 'Stay Out'

Iowa Gov. Branstad to Rove: 'Stay Out'

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 Gov. Branstad Launches Campaign to Keep Wrestling in Olympics

Iowa Gov. Branstad Launches Campaign to Keep Wrestling in Olympics

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

Thanking The Government for Stealing Our Money

Thanking The Government for Stealing Our Money

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

Warning Signs for Obama on Path to Electoral Votes

Warning Signs for Obama on Path to Electoral Votes

(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

A state-by-state look at the road to 270

A state-by-state look at the road to 270

(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

What to Look for in Iowa and Beyond

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.

GOP Wave Will Push Pro-Growth Policies in the States

From the Associated Press: One of the first places to test the new pro-business push will be Wisconsin, where Republican Gov.-elect Scott Walker has promised to call the new GOP-led Legislature into an emergency session on his first day in