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This undated photo provided by the Iowa Department of Public Safety shows Cristhian Bahena Rivera. Authorities said on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018, that they have charged a man living in the U.S. illegally with murder in the death of Iowa college student, Mollie Tibbetts, who disappeared a month ago while jogging in a rural area.
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The National Archives and Records Administration said Thursday it won't be able to finish reviewing nearly 1 million documents regarding Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's time in the George W. Bush White House until the end of October, a potential roadblock in GOP hopes for confirmation before the November election. Republican leaders in the Senate appeared unfazed by the updated timetable, determined to push forward with confirmation hearings on President Donald Trump's nominee next month, even if the documents are not fully available.
The National Archives and Records Administration said Thursday it won't be able to finish reviewing nearly 1 million documents regarding Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's time in the George W. Bush White House until the end of October, a potential roadblock in GOP hopes for confirmation before the November election. Republican leaders in the Senate appeared unfazed by the updated timetable, determined to push forward with confirmation hearings on President Donald Trump's nominee next month, even if the documents are not fully available.
More than $170,000 has been raised as a reward to solicit information that assists in the safe return of Mollie Tibbetts, who has been missing for more than two weeks. During a news conference Thursday, Tibbetts' mother, Laura Calderwood of Brooklyn, said her family believes Mollie is alive.
The Commodity Credit Corporation is a government-owned and operated bank first created to support farm income and prices during the Great Depression. Organized under the umbrella of the USDA, the CCC Charter Act was enacted by Congress as a financing backstop to help farmers produce and market their commodities through loans, purchases and payments and to develop new domestic and foreign markets.
In this May 24, 2018, file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Republican chairman and top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee want federal investigators to examine charges that immigrants have suffered sexual, physical and emotional abuse at two government agencies' detention centers.
Jefferson County in southeast Iowa is home to Fairfield, a cultural blend of old school Iowan farmers, international students and free thinkers attracted by the lure of Maharishi University of Management, a hub for education and Transcendental Meditation in Iowa. During the 2016 election, Republican Donald Trump received 46.7 percent of Jefferson County's votes for U.S. president, while Democrat Hillary Clinton had 46.2 percent, almost a tie.
President Donald Trump is surveying an array of "Made in America" products at the White House as he prepares for trade talks with European officials this week. Trump says the U.S. for too long has allowed itself to succumb to bad trade deals.
Three governors -- Montana's Steve Bullock, Colorado's John Hickenlooper and Washington state's Jay Inslee -- each said in interviews at the National Governors Association summer meeting in New Mexico this week that they are considering 2020 runs. All three have already visited Iowa, the first state to vote during the caucus and primary season, once this year.
DUBUQUE, Iowa -- President Donald Trump's trade policies don't have anyone jumping out the window, according to U.S. Rep. Rod Blum, "but I've got the window open a little bit looking out there, which means I'm concerned."
State Rep. Abby Finkenauer was hoping a Democratic "blue wave" would carry her to victory in Iowa's 1st Congressional District and make her the youngest woman ever elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
As Democrats headed into the 2018 state convention, many said they are fired up and very excited about the race ahead. "I think the Democrats are wound up this year.
Iowa Democratic gubernatorial candidate Fred Hubbell casts his ballot in the Iowa Primary, Tuesday, June 5, 2018, in Des Moines, Iowa. Iowa Democratic gubernatorial candidate Fred Hubbell casts his ballot in the Iowa Primary, Tuesday, June 5, 2018, in Des Moines, Iowa.
Voters line up to cast a ballot in the Iowa primary at Des Moines Roosevelt High School Tuesday, June 5, 2018 in Des Moines, Iowa. Winston, center right, 3, and Eleana Shimkus, 5, help their mother, Christine Shimkus, left, of Dubuque, Iowa, vote at Theisen's Home-Farm-Auto in Dubuque, Iowa on Tuesday, June 5, 2018.
Wealthy Des Moines businessman Fred Hubbell easily won the five-way Iowa Democratic primary race Tuesday to run against Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, who advanced to the fall campaign uncontested in her primary. Hubbell, who provided millions of dollars of his own money to fund a high profile campaign, significantly outperformed competitors including a union local president, a physician, a former party chairman and a mayor.
After nearly a decade of disappointing elections, Iowa Democrats hope the primary will begin what they acknowledge could be a slow return to relevance in what has historically been swing state dominated lately by Republicans. Democratic losses in four straight elections have handed the GOP most of the state's congressional delegation, both legislative chambers and the secretary of state's office.
While Republicans largely will vote for one candidate Tuesday, Democrats have five choices when they head to the ballot box. Voters across the state will head to the polls in two days to cast ballots in the 2018 primary election.
Three women allege Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nate Boulton , a major contender in a crowded race with an upcoming primary, touched them inappropriately during separate incidents several years ago, an Iowa newspaper reported Wednesday. One woman told The Des Moines Register that Boulton , a state senator, repeatedly grabbed her buttocks at a bar in 2015.
Voting is open now in the county auditor's office, and ballots are available to be mailed out as well, for the primary in June, to determine who will be on the general election ballots in November. -Messenger photo by Joe Sutter Webster County Supervisors Merrill Leffler, left, and Keith Dencklau vote in the primary on Monday morning.