The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $1.6 billion, one of the game's largest prizes. Here's what to know before the next Iowa Lottery drawing.

Elise Stefanik is just the latest top Republican deciding against running in the 2026 midterms. Elise Stefanik is joined by ...

A special election to fill former state Sen. Claire Celsi's seat could help Republicans regain the supermajority they lost in August. Democratic candidate Renee Hardman and Republican candidate Lucas ...

US Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks has changed her voting address back to her Ottumwa home outside the 1st District, voting records show.

Relentlessly squeezing out advantages with new maps isn't good for our country, but there is another way, writes the Register ...

Follow live updates as Trump signs a defense policy bill that includes a provision to limit Pete Hegseth's travel budget if he doesn't provide Congress with unedited videos of military boat strikes.

Two onetime attorneys for President Donald Trump and an aide who all worked on Trump’s 2020 campaign appeared for a ...

Donald Trump in December 2024 sued the Register and its longtime pollster over Iowa poll showing him trailing Kamala Harris.

Jeff Kaufmann hopes to cash in on the political capital he’s accumulated over the past decade to help move the party across ...

Rockwell City, who resigned in September to become state director for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Iowa Rural ...

Iowa House District 7 will remain in Republican hands after Wendy Larson won handily in a special election Tuesday night.

National Democrats are adding the Iowa House and Senate to their 2026 target map, citing recent over-performance in special ...