Iowa

Coronavirus cases in Iowa surpassed 300,000 for the first time this week, estimates for the state health department show. 

Damaging wind gusts shook the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain states on Wednesday, felling trees, downing power lines, closing roadways and killing one person. 

Police were initially responding to reports from a woman who claimed that a man had been going through her car before speeding off in another vehicle.

A federal appeals court upheld a life prison sentence Monday for an influential Iowa youth basketball coach who used his position to sexually exploit more than 400 boys over 20 years.

Newly elected Rep. Randy Feenstra says that he'll be among the fiercest deficit hawks in the new Congress, aiming to institute a 99% spending limit among other measures to force the government to balance its books.

Mariannette Miller-Meeks, an Iowa Republican who ran for Congress four times, is expected to be sworn in Sunday -- even as a challenge to her razor-thin, six-vote victory looms. 

Congresswoman-elect Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, is expected to be seated on a provisional basis when the new Congress begins Sunday.

A tweet by Ivanka Trump is raising eyebrows in the political world as it may hint that President Trump's daughter and adviser may have national aspirations of her own.

A strong storm system is currently stretched across the Rockies and Plains on Tuesday, bringing a wide variety of winter weather to large chunks of the U.S. 

Winter storm warnings have been issued across the Midwest as the mid-Atlantic and Northeast brace for flooding and potential power outages on Christmas Eve.