Keyword: iowa
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Rescue operations were underway Sunday evening after part of an apartment building collapsed in the eastern Iowa city of Davenport. Authorities have not said whether anyone was killed. Authorities said people were treated for injuries at the scene but did not detail how many. Rescuers were called to the scene shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday. Fire crews rescued seven people and escorted more than a dozen others from the building in their initial response, Davenport Fire Chief Michael Carlsten said at a news conference. Carlsten said the back of the six-story apartment complex collapsed and had separated from the building,...
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Donald Trump’s second town hall event on a major cable network since he announced his 2024 campaign for president will take place June 1 on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show, the network announced Thursday. The town hall will take place in Clive, Iowa, and will be pre-taped, according to the network. Trump’s last on-camera interview with Hannity was in September, and the indicted GOP candidate more recently participated in a lengthy, mostly one-sided discussion with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson in April. Earlier this month, CNN hosted a widely criticized live town hall event with Trump in New Hampshire.Just...
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An abortive rally and an expanding field of challengers hasn’t hurt Donald Trump’s standing in Iowa, according to a new poll from Emerson College. In results released Thursday morning, 62% of Republican voters indicated they would choose Trump as the party’s nominee, giving the former president a 3-to-1 margin over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who clocked in at 20%. Mike Pence and Nikki Haley are tied for third with 5%. DeSantis, who formally declared his run Wednesday during a Twitter livestream with Elon Musk, has long been considered the most significant challenger to Trump for the GOP nomination, but the...
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A new poll out from Richard Baris shows that Trump is undoubtedly in the lead in the 2024 presidential race in the Rust Belt states. Trump leads the GOP primary field with 67.5 percent, and DeSantis comes in a distant second at 17.1 percent. Trump also leads President Biden in the poll, showing that likely voters prefer Trump to Biden 46.9 to 38.1 percent. Among those likely voters who were polled, 7.5 percent say they would opt for a third party candidate, and 7.4 percent are not yet decided. If DeSantis were to be the nominee, according to likely voters,...
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President Donald Trump delivered remarks to a packed house of eager supporters in Davenport, Iowa on Monday evening, lauding his administration’s history of supporting American farmers at an anticipated campaign event focused on his America First Education Policy.“We put workers first, we put farmers first, and above all, we put America first,” he said.Trump stepped onto the stage and was greeted by electric energy. The crowd broke out into chants of “USA” as his signature entrance music, “God Bless the USA,” by Lee Greenwood played in the background.President Donald J. Trump speaks in Davenport, IA "I stood up to CHINA...
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Are we going to go flip the burgers now? pic.twitter.com/pcQuYsTUBh— AG Gancarski (@AGGancarski) May 13, 2023
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Former President Donald Trump leads Gov. Ron DeSantis in Iowa by double digits in both a deeper Republican caucus field and in a hypothetical head-to-head race, according to a poll. The National Research poll commissioned by the Center for American Greatness shows 44 percent of likely Iowa Republican Caucus voters back Trump in a crowded field, making him the clear-cut frontrunner:2024 Iowa Republican Caucus:Trump 44% (+18)DeSantis 26%Haley 6%Pence 4%Ramaswamy 3%Hutchinson 1%T. Scott 1%Sununu 0%National Research Inc./@theamgreatness, 500 LV, 5/9-11 pic.twitter.com/Xa4BWUwMwp— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) May 12, 2023DeSantis is Trump’s nearest potential competitor, sitting 18 points behind him with 26 percent support....
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MUST WATCH 🚨Fox & Friends hosts review Ron DeSantis’ recent trip to Iowa, calling it ‘unbelievably underwhelming’ and saying there was ‘little energy’.“I heard he was having a rally… It just didn’t feel like a RALLY the way a Trump rally would. It felt more like a speech.” pic.twitter.com/UF9fTIqUDJ— Alex Sheppard 🇺🇸 (@NotAlexSheppard) May 14, 2023The only people who seem to be claiming “DeSantis’ trip to Iowa was a success” are on DeSantis’ payroll.@PeteHegseth said “an appearance like this doesn’t make people think he’s the guy who can take Trump.” He also said it was an underwhelming trip,pic.twitter.com/cFvW9hV4PX— Alex Bruesewitz...
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President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, will hold a rally in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, May 13, 2023, at 7:00PM CDT.
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Tucker was averaging 3.2 million viewers a night in his primetime slot. On Tuesday after his firing, FOX News had only 1.7 million viewers at 8 PM. Since then FOX News has lost two-thirds of their viewers in the coveted 8 PM timeslot. Their numbers have absolutely FLATLINED since firing their top-rated host. On Thursday FOX News at Night, the show that replaced Tucker Carlson, had 1.394 viewers. They lost TWO-THIRDS of their audience! And after two weeks — IT’S NOT COMING BACK! Nice job, Paul Ryan! On Saturday FOX News SUDDENLY decided to air President Trump’s rally in Iowa....
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Ron DeSantis is set to unveil the endorsements of more than three-dozen Iowa state legislators ahead of his trip to the state on Saturday — giving him a boost in a state that traditionally hosts the Republican Party’s first presidential nominating contest. DeSantis has spent the last few weeks reaching out to Iowa Republicans, according to a person familiar with the calls. The governor did not explicitly ask for their support during those conversations, which were instead focused on legislative matters taking place in Florida and Iowa. The endorsements, however, provide a political jolt for DeSantis as he readies for...
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President Donald Trump’s dominance in the Republican Party continues as he remains the preferred choice among GOP Iowa caucus voters, according to a poll published by the Trump team.According to the Trump campaign, a McLaughlin & Associates poll found President Trump to be the “clear frontrunner” among GOP presidential caucus voters. In several candidate and head-to-head ballots, the 45th president easily defeated possible competitor Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla.The poll of 500 probable Iowa Republican Caucus voters conducted from April 27-30 revealed that in multiple candidate votes, President Trump took the lead with 54 percent of the vote, establishing a 34-point...
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Will he or won’t he run? That continues to be the question as Florida’s governor departs for another out-of-state trip this weekend. Ron DeSantis is hitting Illinois Friday evening, then the key caucus state of Iowa on Saturday, only furthering speculation that a White House bid is right around the corner. Wthout saying so, DeSantis is giving every indication that he’s getting ready for a bid. He hasn’t given a firm "no" when asked, and has a new book laying out his political platform. Post-legislative session, Florida governor is in the air again, this time to Iowa,...
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One Perry resident tells KCCI she was one of two people bitten by a rabbit last Friday. Ramona Rustan said the rabbit jumped up and bit her and then hopped over to the neighbors' house. "It came around to her car and wouldn't let her out of her car," Rustan said. She called police. "The police department says it's been a rabbit that has been around terrorizing people," Rustan said. The Perry police gave KCCI a call report that details a 13-year-old girl who was also bitten by the rabbit. The 13-year-old will be getting a rabies shot. Rustan, who...
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DES MOINES, Iowa – The super PAC promoting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to have dozens of staff in place in the first 18 states on the Republican presidential primary calendar in the coming weeks, a move indicating that his expected 2024 announcement is drawing closer. The plans, shared with The Associated Press, are part of the group Never Back Down's strategy to begin political organizing for DeSantis all the way through Super Tuesday on March 5 and point to a novel approach the super PAC is attempting ahead of a likely DeSantis run. In Iowa, where the leadoff GOP...
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SPENCER, Iowa — Iowa landowners opposed to proposed liquid carbon dioxide pipelines crossing their property won a legal victory Wednesday, when a judge ruled a state law giving surveyors the right of entry to private property is unconstitutional. Ruling in a Clay County case, District Judge John Sandy said the law violated Iowa's constitution because it does not provide for just compensation for certain damages to landowners for their loss of the right to deny entry onto their land. "The court can find no other reasonable interpretation in which Iowa Code (section) 479B.15 passes 'constitutional muster,'" Sandy said in his...
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President Donald Trump will be returning to Iowa in May to hold a signature MAGA rally as his 2024 presidential bid picks up steam, his campaign announced on Monday. Trump’s next event marks the second official rally of his 2024 campaign. It will be held in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, May 13. The rally doors will open at 3:00 p.m. ET and special guest speakers will take the stage at 5:00 p.m. ET. President Donald Trump is expected to deliver remarks at 8:00 p.m. ET. The event will be held at the Lauridsen Amphitheater at Water Works Park. President...
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Former President Trump is slated to headline a rally in Iowa on the same day that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is set to attend fundraising events in the state, as the feud between the two men heats up. Trump will star at a rally next month at a park in Des Moines, according to The Associated Press, which cited a Trump campaign official who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The official said the event had been in the planning stages for weeks.
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resident Joe Biden's newly launched 2024 re-election campaign is not off to the smoothest start. One of Biden's challengers may be poised to secure the first electoral contests of the season, putting the incumbent president at risk of losing early state nominations to lesser-known candidates, NBC News reported. The new primary calendar ratified by the Democratic National Committee - at Biden's request - downgraded Iowa and New Hampshire from their longstanding positions as the first electoral hoorahs of the primary season. As a result, candidates are prohibited from campaigning - or even adding their names to the ballot - in...
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WND News Center) — The family of Sam Brinton – former high-level Biden nuclear-waste appointee, alleged luggage-stealer and self-described “genderfluid bisexual” – is finally speaking out publicly to debunk what they say are lies he told about them. “Former Biden Department of Energy official Sam Brinton claims to have been beaten by their [his] father, who held a gun to their [his] head and forced them [him] into [ex-gay] conversion therapy – but their [his] family insist it is all lies,” reported the New York Post Febraury 19, using Brinton’s “preferred pronouns” of “they/them.” The cross-dressing Brinton was fired in...
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