New rules on education, transgender issues, and marijuana are among the hundreds of new measures in effect in July.

Clementine Springsteen went viral for calling out Kim Reynolds’s anti-trans record. But she has a lot more to say.

The episode underscores how the Republican agenda is increasingly out of touch with younger Americans.

Republican legislators claim they’re protecting children. Meanwhile, they’re also passing bills to loosen child labor laws.

A guide to common misconceptions you’ll read about the GOP primary.

From a draconian new proposal in Iowa to farm bill deliberations in Washington, the ideological battles over food aid will soon kick off—and no one knows who will end up paying the price.

The Democrats should have pushed the Hawkeye State to the back of the line decades ago.

Barack Obama won the state twice. Now Democrats are an endangered species there.

Former Representative Abby Finkenauer is part of a crowded field trying to both unseat Senator Chuck Grassley and restore their party’s fortunes in the Hawkeye State.

Dumping the Iowa caucuses presents an opportunity for a fresh rethink of the whole process. Which apparently is something the Democratic National Committee doesn’t have the guts to do.

A brochure obtained by TNR lists all the reasons why the Silver State should supplant Iowa and New Hampshire. This time, the calendar might actually change.

It’s long past time for Iowa to be displaced, just so long as presidential aspirants still have to talk to voters.

A DNC committee meets this week to consider a proposal that is a dagger aimed at Iowa. Do they really have the guts to unsheathe it?

Joni Ernst’s reelection campaign may be an object lesson in what it takes for a woman to win in today’s GOP.

If politicians no longer coveted that early "Iowa bump," would they still feel compelled to support ethanol subsidies?

The decidedly Trumpian nonprofit behind the Iowa app debacle

RIP.

The Minnesota senator may be peaking at just the right moment.

Ahead of the caucus, climate advocates are arguing that 2020's most hotly debated environmental proposal can be good for small farmers.

The former vice president is drawing tiny, unenthused crowds in Iowa. So why is he still one of the front-runners?