Category: Chuck Grassley

Iowa Primary Features Key Races in Both the Senate and House

At a town hall meeting conducted by Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley last week, multiple audience members interrupted the seven-term lawmaker and said he was endangering children’s lives by “filibustering gun reform.” Grassley told attendees that, before commenting further, he wanted to monitor negotiations between Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) as the pair…


Senior FBI Official Likely Broke Ethics Rules With Anti-Trump Animus: Grassley

A top FBI official appears to have violated ethics guidelines when he made a series of highly partisan posts on social media, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) says. Timothy Thibault, the assistant special agent-in-charge (ASAC) at the Washington Field Office, shared a post on Twitter that called then-President Donald Trump “a psychologically broken, embittered, and deeply…


Voters in Seven States Prepare for Primaries

Voters will head to the polls in seven states on June 7 for Republican and Democratic primaries that will decide which candidates will face one another in the November general election. The 2022 midterms represent the first significant group of elections since President Joe Biden stepped into the Oval Office in January 2022. Republicans are…


Voters in 7 States Prepare for Primaries

Voters will head to the polls on June 7 in California, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, and South Dakota for Republican and Democratic primaries that will decide who the parties’ nominees are for the November midterm general elections. The 2022 midterms represent the first significant group of elections since President Joe Biden took office…


Congress Seeks Answers From US Prosecutors on Hunter Biden Probe

Federal prosecutors should answer key questions on the investigation of President Joe Biden’s son, including whether the Department of Justice (DOJ) has adequately supported the probe, two senators said on May 10. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), the ranking member of the Senate…


Iowa Supreme Court Restores Top Democrat Challenger to Grassley to Ballot

Former Rep. Abby Finkenauer (D-Iowa) will appear on the upcoming primary ballot for a U.S. Senate representing Iowa, the state’s top court ruled on April 15. The Iowa Supreme Court overturned a lower court order that concluded Finkenauer did not meet signature requirements. Three signatures—two with no dates and one with the incorrect date—are at…


Biden’s Sister Blames Trump for Hunter Biden’s Legal Problems

President Joe Biden’s younger sister defended Hunter Biden on April 11, claiming that her nephew’s legal issues are just political attacks by former President Donald Trump intended on bringing down her brother. Valerie Biden Owens, a longtime campaign manager for Joe Biden, made the remarks in an interview with “CBS Mornings.” She was asked by…


Big Tech to Face Another Bipartisan US Antitrust Bill

WASHINGTON—A bipartisan group of lawmakers, headed by Sens Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), plan to introduce a bill that would bar Big Tech platforms, like Amazon and Alphabet’s Google, from favoring their products and services. Amazon, for example, has been accused of using data from third-party sellers to determine what products it would…


Trump Endorses Reelection of Iowa Sen. Grassley

Former President Donald Trump endorsed Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) for reelection for his eighth term as a senator at a rally in Iowa on Oct. 9, 2021. “We have with us tonight a great American patriot, a man who truly loves Iowa,” said Trump at a rally in Des Moines. Grassley was elected to the U.S….


Sen. Chuck Grassley to Seek Eighth Term

One of the longest-serving U.S. senators is running for re-election, he announced Friday. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will seek an eighth term. Grassley, 88, has been in office since 1981. “Serving Iowans in the United States Senate is a tremendous honor. I’m working as hard as ever for the people of Iowa and there’s more…