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Harry Dunn, Capitol Police officer who defended Congress during Jan. 6 insurrection, speaks at major Democratic event in Council Bluffs…
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Frightened Latino immigrants ask 'white' friends to go to grocery with them, advocate says
'As if proximity to safety could somehow shield them from being targeted,' Maria Torres of Council Bluffs, Iowa, adds
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Can Trump Cult hold in rural Iowa over next six weeks with clear Epstein dodging, delayed farm action central to life here?
One of the more confusing roles for an American to inhabit today is that of a Trump Cult member.
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'I've been through hell' says Jan. 6 Capitol Police officer slated to keynote Council Bluffs, Iowa political event
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Why Josh Turek is Iowa Democrats' best candidate for U.S. Senate
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JD Vance's boyhood mistaken gay confession story smacks of head-spinning inflation
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Kentucky governor says JD Vance's Appalachian 'origin story' doesn't add up
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Iowans feel echoes of Harkin energy in early days of Sand's campaign
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'I've been through hell' says Jan. 6 Capitol Police officer slated to keynote Council Bluffs, Iowa political event
Harry Dunn says prospect of full-scale slaughter of elected officials, some of nation's top leaders, was within feet, an instant here or there, in run…
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Who's watching city hall? Nobody - and that should scare you
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Donald Trump, American carbon monoxide
All dignity shedded, the White House likely will have 'ring girls' at cage fights for the America 250 celebration
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10 takeaways from Trump's 'America 250' speech in Des Moines on Fourth Of July eve
With Sinatra swagger, Trump said he wants farmers empowered to vouch for undocumented immigrants to spare them deportation
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Immigrant rights urgent, protesters say, as raft of outrages animate 'No Kings' rally of thousands at Iowa State Capitol
DES MOINES, Iowa —
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