DES MOINES, Iowa — Catholic, anti-abortion Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad could soon find himself in an uncomfortable position: He may have to sign of...

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad is poised to become the ninth Republican governor to support expanding Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health care re...

The coming race for the Senate seat of retiring Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) continues to be a source of drama even before the competition is officiall...

DES MOINES, Iowa -- As his Republican peers in other states search for ways to cut public school funding, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad is charting a diffe...

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) spoke out against a 33-year-old Republican ritual Tuesday when he said the Iowa Straw Poll should "maybe not" happen. ...

WASHINGTON -- The Republican governor of Iowa is campaigning to get his gubernatorial colleagues from around the country to join his effort to overtur...

WASHINGTON -- Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (R) was noncomittal on Saturday when asked if Hawkeye State conservatives will warm to Sen. Marco Rubio's (R-Fl...

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Turmoil deepened among leading Republicans over efforts to ward off controversial candidates in the next election, as Iowa Republi...

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Republicans and Democrats in state capitals across the country are talking ambitiously about what they'll do next year with the un...

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (R) suggested on Monday that the state GOP should scrap its quadrennial presidential straw poll in favor of a broader system ...

By THOMAS BEAUMONT, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DES MOINES, Iowa — In the days since Republicans lost an election many in the party thought was theirs, ...

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad (R) suggested the Iowa Straw Poll, a 33-year-old Republican ritual, is no longer a useful part of the GOP presidential pr...

I argue that making English the official language in the United States or any state is about as necessary as establishing popcorn as the official snack at movie theaters. People will eat popcorn whether or not we codify it as "official,"

The impact is so potentially harmful to the GOP ticket that Team Romney has reportedly asked Kasich, Scott and others to tone down the positive statements. But Republican governors care about one thing: getting re-elected.

In the case of fetuses and rich people, Republicans insist on the sanctity of life. But in the case of destitute people, infants who imprudently choose working-poor parents and struggling young adults the GOP says there's nothing sacred about their lives.

Mitt Romney’s recent tilt against windmills is whipping up a political furor on Capitol Hill and putting the presumptive Republican presidential nom...

WASHINGTON -- Republican governors Rick Scott of Florida and Terry Branstad of Iowa on Sunday attacked President Barack Obama's decision to grant stat...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- The chairman of the Republican Governors Association said that while he'll let Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) explain comments compar...

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad was briefly hospitalized Wednesday in Los Angeles after choking on food during a ceremony for the re-dedi...

WASHINGTON -- Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad told reporters in Iowa on Monday it's "doubtful" that the Hawkeye State will expand Medicaid under President Ba...