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“He makes his stance in Iowa every two weeks and then mentions my name 74 times in one speech,” Trump said. “That reminds me of Crooked Hillary, she did the same thing.”

Several Bloomberg L.P. executives are expected to be arrested on Tuesday after an investigation into fraud from within the company concludes.

Michael Bloomberg will publish a revised biography in January as the liberal billionaire decides if he will run for president in 2020. 

Billionaire and 2020 Democrat presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg traveled to Iowa Tuesday to discuss wind energy.
Bloomberg backtracked on his previous statements regarding his opposition to corn-based ethanol, one of Iowa’s major economic drivers.

In a video released Monday evening, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) endorsed Rep. Steve King (R-IA) and praised him for his many accomplishments and leadership in the state of Iowa.

President Donald Trump will hold a rally in Council Bluffs, Iowa, a day after hosting a White House swearing-in ceremony for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and hours after accepting the resignation of Nikki Haley, his Ambassador to the United Nations. Trump will hold rallies in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Kentucky this week as he barnstorms across the country to help Republicans in key races. Stay tuned to Breitbart News for live updates. All times eastern.

Lifting the summer cap on ethanol puts the administration at odds with the oil industry and environmentalists.

Whatever differences they may have with him aside, libertarians and free-market conservatives should be pleased with President Donald J. Trump’s support for reforming or repealing federal dictates that help foreign businesses and harm US workers. An example of this is the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

Bernie Marcus writes that President Trump’s National Security Strategy tells us that we must “embrace energy dominance” by “unleashing our abundant energy resources,” including natural gas. If we follow that course, we could break free of the stranglehold of OPEC.

President Donald Trump celebrated farmers in Iowa on Wednesday, vowing to help protect the legacy of American farms.

University of Michigan’s Energy Institute research professor John DeCicco, Ph.D., believes that rising carbon dioxide emissions cause global warming and, therefore, humans must find a way to reduce its levels in the atmosphere. But ethanol is the wrong solution. According

America’s rush to renewables has invited corruption and fraud.

The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)—also known as the ethanol mandate—was passed by Congress in 2005 and expanded in 2007. Regardless of market conditions, it required ever-increasing quantities of biofuel be blended into the nation’s gasoline supply—though the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does have the flexibility to make some adjustments based on conditions, such as availability and infrastructure. At the time of its passage, it was unfathomable that a decade later Americans would be consuming less gasoline, not more.

In a week of big news stories, few noticed the seven-year anniversary of Obama’s $800 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act—signed into law on February 17, 2009. Despite the bill’s reputation, on Wednesday, Vice President Joe Biden embarked on a three-city victory tour to celebrate the anniversary of the act for which he oversaw the implementation.

American Future Fund, an Iowa based 501(c)(4) group that is not required to disclose its donors, has launched a television ad in South Carolina attacking Sen. Ted Cruz as “weak” on defense.

Fans of Ted Cruz are buzzing about his encounter with an angry farmer worried that the Senator’s stance against ethanol would ruin his livelihood.

Moderator Megyn Kelly kicked off the last GOP debate before Iowa by describing Donald Trump as “the elephant not in the room,” and then inviting criticism of the absent front-runner.

Republican presidential candidate and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul argued that fellow candidate Donald Trump has “never really supported conservative causes” and fellow candidate Texas Senator Ted Cruz “modified his position” on ethanol “to be for it for a while” on

On Tuesday, January 19, at the Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit, Iowa’s long-time Governor Terry Branstad jumped into the campaign fray by attempting to influence the outcome of the February 1 caucus: “I don’t think that Ted Cruz is the right one for Iowans to support in the caucus.”

The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift said that while she admires GOP presidential candidate Texas Senator Ted Cruz for refusing to “bow” to “the ethanol gods,” he did so “because he’s in the pocket of big oil” on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.”

National Review columnist and Opportunity Lives panelist Tom Rogan argued that former Alaska Governor and GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump are perfect for each other “because these are two people who will say

Gov. Terry Branstad says he would like for GOP presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) to be defeated in Iowa.

GOP frontrunner Donald Trump blasted fellow GOP candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) during his campaign rally Tuesday night in Cedar Falls, Iowa, telling Hawkeye state voters that Cruz is in the pockets of millionaires.

Ted Cruz kicked off his six-day bus tour across Iowa and received questions at his first event about his opposition to the the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), an ethanol subsidy that many Iowan farmers depend on. “I very strongly support corn and farmers and ethanol, but I don’t think Washington should pick winners and losers” Cruz said after a supporter asked him to clarify his stance.

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Michael Scuse, who led a trade mission of representatives from nine state departments of agriculture and 28 U.S. companies to northeast China in 2014, announced that United States ethanol exports to China have increased exponentially.

Talk radio host Mark Levin criticized Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for his remarks on ethanol, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, and ethanol, arguing Trump “really screwed up,” and particularly criticized Trump’s position on ethanol as “pandering” and asking, “why

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump argued that fellow candidate Texas Senator Ted Cruz has “got to come a long way” on ethanol, “because he’s right now for the oil” because “Oil pays him a lot of money. He’s got to

Early in his campaign, now top-tier Republican presidential candidate, Ben Carson, supported ethanol—a position for which I called him out. It has long been thought, that to win in Iowa, a candidate must support ethanol. However, in a major policy reversal, Carson told a national audience during the CNBC GOP debate that he no longer supports subsidies for any industry, including U.S. ethanol producers.

FORT DODGE, IOWA – Billionaire presidential candidate Donald Trump met with leaders of POET, an ethanol company here in Iowa, and some of the co-chairs of the American Renewable Fuels group to talk about the importance of ethanol.

It should matter a great deal if their preferred policies are effective, and while we argue about the possibilities of a subject such as climate change, the effectiveness of programs which have been in place for many years should be analyzed dispassionately.