Editor Brian Harrod Provides Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, with aggregated news from sources all over the world from the Roundup Newswires Network
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, talks with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, right, during the National Governors Association meeting, Friday, July 15, 2016, in Des Moines, Iowa. U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, talks with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, right, during the National Governors Association meeting, Friday, July 15, 2016, in Des Moines, Iowa.
The two have been through a lot in their lives - long hospital stays, hundreds of regular medications and time getting therapy treatments. The twins from Cedar Falls also learned how to speak eloquently about their cystic fibrosis, and just came back from speaking to their United States senators and congressmen about it in Washington, D.C. "We basically told them the University of Iowa Hospital is important to us, 'cause they saved our lives multiple times," said Maren Denison.
As controversial as all the issues surrounding the immigration debate in the United States may be, most Americans agree that those in the country illegally who have been convicted of violent crimes should be deported. But in some cases, that can be maddeningly difficult when their native countries refuse to take them back.
Chuck Grassley Criminal sentencing bill tests McConnell-Grassley relationship Majority of GOP senators to attend Trump convention The Trail 2016: It ain't over till it's over MORE Mitch McConnell Criminal sentencing bill tests McConnell-Grassley relationship Majority of GOP senators to attend Trump convention Five panels to grill FBI on Clinton MORE in a big way this Congress, having implemented the leadership's strategy of blocking President Obama's judicial picks. Polls suggest the Supreme Court fight has taken a toll on Grassley, who may be in for the toughest reelection fight of his career.
The heat is on. I refer not to the beginning of summer, nor the looming global warming apocalypse for which there is little evidence , nor an election season sure to be characterized by personal attacks aplenty.
So you'll forgive me for taking a layman's approach to what I feel is a very basic common sense piece of legislation that failed on the senate floor Monday. Maybe it's because I'm older and wiser that prevents me from wrapping my brain around why we can't pass a piece of legislation that would prevent a gun sale to a would-be terrorist.
U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley asked four federal agencies to look at the visa status of more than 140 foreign workers on a construction project at Tesla's Fremont factory, in response to an investigation by this newspaper. Grassley requested the departments of Justice, State, Homeland Security and Labor investigate why Eastern European men were granted visas to do construction work that is broadly banned by immigration laws and could have been done by U.S. workers.
The Hunting Ground, a 2015 documentary examining rape on college campuses, begins with scenes of ecstatic high school seniors getting into the colleges of their choice. These clips grimly foreshadow the horrific experience that they will encounter when they join the ranks of the one out of five women and 5 percent of men who will be sexually assaulted while attending college.
In this May 20, 2016 photo, Michael Luick-Thrams, of Mason City, Iowa, stands is front of his retrofitted bus museum during a stop at the Adel Public Library in Adel, Iowa. Luick-Thrams is pursuing an independent bid for U.S. Senate, arguing his nonpartisan approach offers a needed alternative to longtime Sen. Chuck Grassley.