AP Explains: New rules could muddle results of Iowa caucuses
WASHINGTON — For the first time, the Iowa Democratic Party will report three sets of results from the party's presidential caucuses. And there is no g...
Small Iowa city agrees to plan for huge federal ghost town
KNOXVILLE, Iowa — After watching for more than a decade as a once busy Veterans Affairs campus deteriorated into a sprawling ghost town of crumbling b...
Warren-Sanders rift has progressives nervous about fallout
DES MOINES, Iowa — For nearly a year, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders pushed strongly progressive ideas into the Democratic primary spotlight, fee...
Analysis: Dems strain for civility, contrasts burst through
WASHINGTON — Electability questions persist. Anxieties about gender and sexism are resurgent. And three leading candidates are about to get yanked off...
Warren makes debate case: Democratic woman can beat Trump
DES MOINES, Iowa — Elizabeth Warren made a forceful case for a female president and stood behind her accusation suggesting sexism by progressive rival...
Key takeaways from Democratic presidential debate in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa — Some key takeaways from Tuesday's Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, the final forum before the Iowa caucuses:
Debate to highlight vanishing diversity in Democratic field
A half dozen White House hopefuls will gather on a debate stage in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday night at a critical moment in the Democratic primary. ...
6 big questions ahead of final debate before start of voting
WASHINGTON — Tuesday marks the last time the leading Democratic presidential contenders will face a national audience on the debate stage before prima...
Black mayor of racially diverse Iowa city backs Buttigieg
DES MOINES, Iowa — Quentin Hart, the black mayor of Iowa's most racially diverse city, is backing Pete Buttigieg for president, giving the former Sout...
Democrats set to clash in final debate before Iowa caucuses
DES MOINES, Iowa — Democrats are preparing for what could be their most contentious debate yet as the leading candidates gather in Iowa on Tuesday loo...
2020 Democratic race is wide open in Iowa as caucuses near
DES MOINES, Iowa — Presidential candidates have swarmed Iowa’s rolling landscape for more than a year, making their pitch to potential supporters on c...
Booker ends presidential bid after polling, money struggles
DES MOINES, Iowa — Democrat Cory Booker dropped out of the presidential race Monday, ending a campaign whose message of unity and love failed to reson...
2020 Watch: Will the debate provide any clarity?
NEW YORK — Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
Andrew Yang won the internet, but can he win a 2020 caucus?
DAVENPORT, Iowa — On a recent swing through Iowa, Andrew Yang was moving through his stump speech, a string of stories and statistics that can sound l...
Wieskamp leads Iowa to 67-49 win over No. 12 Maryland
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Iowa Hawkeyes were down to eight scholarship players and still outplayed No. 12 Maryland.
Steyer is 6th candidate to qualify for next week’s debate
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Billionaire Tom Steyer qualified Thursday for next week's Democratic presidential debate, putting him on stage in Iowa alongside ...
Booker: Impeachment trial could be ‘big blow’ to my campaign
WASHINGTON — Sen. Cory Booker said a looming impeachment trial and other pressing issues in Washington could deal a “big, big blow” to his Democratic ...
How tensions with Iran could reshape Democratic primary
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidates have spent the past year in a largely polite debate over domestic issues such as whether private healt...
Fears of Sanders win growing among Democratic establishment
DES MOINES, Iowa — Increasingly alarmed that Bernie Sanders could become their party's presidential nominee, establishment-minded Democrats are warnin...
Biden’s foreign policy prowess tested by Iran tensions
Rising tensions between Washington and Tehran are testing whether Joe Biden can capitalize on his decades of foreign policy experience as he seeks to ...
Elusive quest for momentum is on as Democrats dash to Iowa
FORT MADISON, Iowa — About 500 people packed into the basketball gym in the Fort Madison YMCA to see Mayor Pete Buttigieg in the working class Mississ...
Uncertain impeachment schedule leaves 2020ers scrambling
WASHINGTON — Uncertainty over when the Senate will begin President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is complicating crunch-time campaigning for the fi...
2020 Watch: Will the real front-runner please stand up?
NEW YORK — Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
Iowa congresswoman endorsing Joe Biden’s presidential bid
Joe Biden has landed a high-profile endorsement for his presidential bid as Rep. Abby Finkenauer becomes the first member of the Iowa congressional de...
Pete Buttigieg raises $24.7 million during 4th quarter
DES MOINES, Iowa — Pete Buttigieg's campaign says he raised more than $24.7 million in the last three months and now has a campaign staff of 500 peopl...
Buttigieg: I would not have wanted my son on Ukraine board
FORT MADISON, Iowa — Pete Buttigieg said Monday that he “would not have wanted to see” his son serving on the board of a Ukrainian natural gas company...
Iowa woman accused of racist attacks to undergo mental tests
DES MOINES, Iowa — A judge Monday approved a competency evaluation of a woman accused of hate crimes in the Des Moines area, including intentionally r...
2020 Watch: Messy primary finally meets election year
ATLANTA — The presidential politics calendar turned to 2020 nearly a year ago. This week, the actual date catches up. What we’re watching as the prese...
Buttigieg critiques Biden’s ‘judgment’ on Iraq War vote
KNOXVILLE, Iowa — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Sunday called former Vice President Joe Biden’s vote to authorize the Iraq War p...
Klobuchar’s Iowa tour: Bragging point and caucus strategy
HUMBOLDT, Iowa — To Amy Klobuchar, her just-completed tour of all 99 Iowa counties proves a point: As president, she would go everywhere and represent...