WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Blackburn, Grassley, Hawley Demand Answers on Meta's Emotional Targeting of Children, Repeated Alleged Failures to Comply with Child Privacy Law * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) are demanding answers from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg following new disclosures outlining t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Celebrates Agriculture Traditions, Recognizes Iowa Servicemembers, Showcases Heartland Innovation, and More * RED OAK, Iowa - U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) recently traveled from Montgomery County to Dubuque County to meet with fairgoers, servicemembers, small business owners, farmers, and more on her River to River Tour - part of her ongoing commitment to hear from Iowans in every corner of the  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, Young Construction * RED OAK, Iowa - U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, today announced her Small Business of the Week: Young Construction of Cerro Gordo County. Throughout the 119th Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business in each of Iowa's 99 counties. "For more than 20 years, Young Construction has   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley, Blackburn, Hawley Demand Answers on Meta's Emotional Targeting of Children, Repeated Alleged Failures to Comply with Child Privacy Law * WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and committee members Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) are demanding answers from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg following new disclosures outlining the company's eff  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Hinson, GOP Colleagues Lead Effort to Double Federal Penalty for Assaulting ICE Agents * Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (R-IA-02), Congressman Brad Knott (R-NC-13), Congresswoman Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-01), Congressman Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ-08), and Congressman Mike Flood (R-NE-01) introduced the Protect and Respect ICE Act, which will double criminal penalties for assaulting, resi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Ernst Retirement Makes 2026 Midterm Map "Much More Favorable for Democrats" * "The loss of an incumbent in Iowa puts the potential outcome of a Democratic Senate for the remainder of Donald Trump's presidency on the table" "The White House privately tried and failed to persuade Ernst to run for reelection" In case you missed it, despite " months of lobbying " from her party  more

AMES, Iowa, Sept. 4 -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: * * * Iowa State ideas, technology behind slow-release fertilizer startup An Iowa State University scientist and an Ames entrepreneur think they have a technology that could help keep nitrogen fertilizers on farm fields and away from waterways. That could improve human health by keeping nitrates - which can affect how blood carries oxygen, especially in babies - away from sources of drinking water. It could impro  more

AMES, Iowa, Sept. 4 (TNSjou) -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: * * * Bio-oil made with corn stalks, wood debris could plug orphaned fossil fuel wells Filling abandoned oil and gas wells with bio-oil made from plant-based leftovers like corn stalks and forest debris could help remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, returning carbon underground in deep shafts once used to extract it. The emerging practice, the focus of a recent study by an Iowa State University r  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 5 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * NAIA Football Weekly Notebook, September 2-6 * * NAIA Football Weekly Notebook (Full) * NAIA Football Weekly Notebook (Printer Friendly, PDF) KANSAS CITY, Mo. \- The NAIA Football season continues in the first week of September, beginning with a single game Thursday, Sept. 4 - Augsburg at Valley City State (N.D.) - followed by a full slate   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Democrats Block U.S. Attorney Nominees from Serving Communities Across America * WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) requested unanimous consent to confirm 10 U.S. Attorney nominees who advanced the Judiciary Committee by voice vote. Since being favorably reported out of committee, these law enforcement nominees have languished on the Senate floor due   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2025: * * * Senate Democrats Block U.S. Attorney Nominees from Serving Communities Across America Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) requested unanimous consent to confirm 10 U.S. Attorney nominees who advanced the Judiciary Committee by voice vote. Since being favorably reported out of committee, these law enforcement nomi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * There's Something Happening in Iowa * Axios : "Republicans will be defending [...] House seats in a state where they got clobbered in Trump's first midterm election in 2018, losing three of Iowa's four seats." Last week, Iowa Democrats won a special election in a Trump +11 Iowa state senate district, an overperformance of 22 points for Democrats and the fourth straight Democratic  more