Trump launched his midterm campaign in Iowa on Tuesday, warning supporters that losing Congress would jeopardize tax cuts and border policies in 2026 elections.

Sources say Iowa is seen as a key part of the Trump team's strategy to keep the House in GOP hands.

President Donald Trump returned to Iowa on Tuesday to deliver the kind of speech his advisers have been pressing him to give — a sweeping economic victory lap, tailored to a farm-state audience and framed as the opening argument of a high-stakes midterm campaign.

Thousands of protesters gathered outside the Horizon Events Center with demonstrations fueled largely by outrage over two killings in Minneapolis.

President Trump's rally in Iowa on Tuesday brings his message to a state disproportionately affected by his economic policies and whose voters could help determine control of Congress.

Mr. Trump promised a “very honorable and honest investigation” into the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday amid a growing furor over the shooting, which prompted him to shake up leadership of the immigration crackdown there and say that he may “de-escalate” the aggressive operation in Minnesota.

President Donald Trump is heading to Iowa as the White House tries to focus on affordability ahead of the midterm elections despite fallout over the administration's immigration crackdown

Here are three takeaways from President Donald Trump’s visit to Iowa on Tuesday, his first midterm campaign tour stop of 2026.

The president maintains a complicated relationship with loyal farmers facing depressed grain prices and higher costs for items like seeds and fertilizer.