Chuck Grassley
FILE - A silhouette of a snowboarder in action in a heat during the FIS World Cup snowboarding big air competition at the Battersea Power Station in London, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008. When former members of the U.S. snowboarding team sought to report sex-abuse allegations against a longtime coach, they received conflicting information that left them unsure of where to turn — or whether they wanted to pursue the cases at all. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)
Sex abuse case in snowboarding exposes flaws in reporting

By Eddie Pells Apr. 14, 2022 12:50 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Iowa

By The Associated Press Jun. 14, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Des Moines Register. June 11, 2021. Editorial: Stop messing around with congressional bipartisanship and move on infrastructure ...

Elesha Gayman, Democratic chairwoman in Scott County, Iowa, stands outside her office, Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in Davenport, Iowa. Iowa's 2nd Congressional District race last year might have ignited a rally from Democrats whose six-vote loss was the narrowest for any U.S. House seat in almost 40 years. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
'Past the point of no return'? Iowa Dems feel hopes fading

By Thomas Beaumont Jun. 01, 2021 12:03 AM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2020, file photo Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Charles Rettig testifies before a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing in Washington. At a Senate hearing Rettig said Tuesday, April 13, 2021, that he expects to meet the July 1 deadline in the new pandemic rescue law for starting a groundbreaking tax program aimed at reducing child poverty. That means new advance monthly payments of as much as $300 per child could begin flowing to lower-income families this summer. (Tasos Katopodis/Pool via AP, File)
IRS chief expects new child payments to start this summer

By Marcy Gordon Apr. 13, 2021 04:11 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Iowa

By The Associated Press Mar. 15, 2021 02:00 PM EDT
Des Moines Register. March 11, 2021. Editorial: Iowa GOP can’t get enough of voter suppression. It’s a national craze, and Congress needs...

U.S. Senate seats up for election in 2022. (AP Graphic)
GOP Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri won't seek reelection in 2022

By Summer Ballentine And Jim Salter Mar. 08, 2021 05:07 PM EST

Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm is is sworn in as Energy Secretary by Vice President Kamala Harris in the Old Executive Office Building in the White House complex in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Former Michigan Gov. Granholm confirmed as energy secretary

By Matthew Daly Feb. 25, 2021 01:35 PM EST

Judge Merrick Garland, nominee to be Attorney General, testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)
AG nominee Garland vows Capitol riot will be top priority

By Michael Balsamo, Eric Tucker And Mary Clare Jalonick Feb. 22, 2021 12:56 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Iowa

By The Associated Press Feb. 15, 2021 10:00 AM EST
Des Moines Register. Feb. 11, 2021. Editorial: A silver lining of this pandemic: Iowans are connecting with health care providers ...

Editorial Roundup: Iowa

By The Associated Press Feb. 08, 2021 10:00 AM EST
Des Moines Register. Feb. 7, 2021. Editorial: Inexplicable and irresponsible: Iowa governor lifts mask mandate while 180,000 doses of COVID...

Editorial Roundup: Iowa

By The Associated Press Feb. 01, 2021 10:00 AM EST
Dubuque Telegraph Herald. Jan. 29, 2021. Editorial: Lundgren’s work on grant program will help keep Iowa businesses afloat ...

Vice President Kamala Harris departs after participating in a swearing-in ceremony with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, left, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Yellen says Treasury focus to help nation reeling from virus

By Martin Crutsinger Jan. 26, 2021 02:32 PM EST

President-elect Joe Biden, right, listens as Janet Yellen, who Biden nominated to serve as Secretary of the Treasury, speaks at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Janet Yellen wins Senate approval as treasury secretary

By Martin Crutsinger And Brian Slodysko Jan. 25, 2021 06:24 PM EST

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2019, file photo former Fed Chair Janet Yellen speaks with FOX Business Network guest anchor Jon Hilsenrath in the Fox Washington bureau in Washington. The Senate Finance Committee has approved President Joe Biden’s nomination of Janet Yellen to be the nation’s 78th Treasury secretary (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Yellen's nomination as treasury secretary advances in Senate

By Martin Crutsinger Jan. 22, 2021 10:48 AM EST

President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden pause to talk with Ashley Biden and her husband Howard Krein as they walk from St. Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del., Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Today is the anniversary of Neilia and Naomi Biden's death. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Transition stumbles test Biden's bond with Capitol Hill

By Lisa Mascaro Dec. 18, 2020 12:10 AM EST

In this image from video, Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, speaks on the floor of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 23, 2020. Two Democratic women are contenders to be President-elect Joe Biden's secretary of agriculture. Rep. Marcia Fudge of Ohio and former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota are in the running for the Cabinet position. (House Television via AP)
Biden weighs pick for agriculture chief from diverse slate

By Mary Clare Jalonick Dec. 05, 2020 12:23 AM EST

Grassley pushes for bipartisan coronavirus aid package

By David Pitt Dec. 02, 2020 05:29 PM EST
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley said Wednesday he supports a federal funding package for coronavirus relief but opposes spending “a massive amount of money" to shore...

In this Oct. 12, 2020 file photo, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, listens during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett before the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Grassley, the longest-serving Republican senator, says he is quarantining after being exposed to the coronavirus. Grassley is 87. He did not say how he was exposed. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP)
Sen. Grassley returns to Senate after coronavirus isolation

By Mary Clare Jalonick Nov. 30, 2020 02:45 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: Iowa

By The Associated Press Nov. 23, 2020 10:00 AM EST
Des Moines Register. Nov. 17, 2020 Iowa and its hospitals are at a perilous stage, ER doctor says Instead of throwing...

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., left, Republican candidates for U.S. Senate Sen. Kelly Loeffler, center, and Sen. David Perdue wave to a crowd during a campaign rally on Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, in Cumming, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Florida's Sen. Scott has coronavirus, 'very mild symptoms'

By Mary Clare Jalonick Nov. 20, 2020 10:34 AM EST