The Democratic National Committee is seriously considering scrambling the party’s next presidential primary calendar.

In Cedar Rapids, Grant Wood painted “American Gothic,” the iconic portrait of a man and a woman standing in front of a white frame house.

An Iowa Democratic state lawmaker is bowing out of the 2026 U.S. Senate primary race and endorsing a colleague as the “best hope” to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst.

Omaha basketball player Deng Mayar has drowned in a Utah reservoir.

Hundreds of Democrats cheered Sen. Ruben Gallego in eastern Iowa as the Arizona Democrat criticized President Donald Trump's tax bill at a town hall meeting in Davenport.

The National Weather Service has preliminarily classified overnight storms from the Upper Plains to the Midwest as a derecho.

Derechos are long-lived storms that cause extreme wind damage, sometimes lasting eight hours and traveling hundreds of miles.

At 57 years old, Janell Thomas is participating in the National Senior Games in Iowa as a powerlifter. It is the first time sport is being featured in the national competition

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will hold a news conference Friday morning at the immigration center, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” in the Florida Everglades.

Next week, 66-year-old Joni Neidigh is competing in the National Senior Games being held in Des Moine, Iowa starting July 24.

Iowa’s attorney general says she will drop her lawsuit accusing Winneshiek County Sheriff Dan Marx of discouraging cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

Florida's Supreme Court has upheld the state's current congressional redistricting map, rejecting a challenge over the elimination of a majority-Black district that was pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

President Donald Trump says he didn’t know that the term “shylock” is considered antisemitic when he used it in a speech to describe unscrupulous moneylenders.

President Donald Trump says his bill is big and beautiful.

President Donald Trump wants to celebrate 250 years of American independence with a UFC match at the White House.

President Donald Trump has gone to Iowa to kick off a year of patriotic festivities leading up to next year's 250th anniversary of American independence.

Summer will make a dramatic entrance in the U.S. this week with a heat dome that will bring stifling heat and uncomfortable humidity to millions.

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst is facing backlash after saying “we all are going to die” while talking about potential changes to Medicaid eligibility at a town hall in north-central Iowa.

A Midwestern affiliate of Planned Parenthood says it will close four of its six clinics in Iowa and four in Minnesota within a year.

An Iowa-based ice cream manufacturer has recalled nearly 18,000 containers of ice cream and frozen yogurt over concerns they could contain pieces of plastic.

Iowa can continue to restrict instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in schools up through the sixth grade.

A Brazilian scientist whose work shows farmers how to shift crop production toward more biologically based solutions instead of chemical fertilizers is being honored with this year’s World Food Prize.

Pete Buttigieg returned to Iowa with some messages about what’s changed since he ran in the state’s 2020 Democratic presidential caucuses.

Democrats will pick their next presidential nominee in 2028, but before that happens, the party will have to decide which state gets to go first on the nominating calendar.

The NCAA has taken disciplinary action against five current or former Iowa State athletic department employees for combining to make more than 6,200 online bets totaling more than $100,000 on professional and college games, including men’s and women’s basketball games involving the Cyclones.

Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, Sabrina Ionescu and Arike Ogunbowale will all get a chance to play one more game at their college arenas as their WNBA teams are playing preseason games on campus.

A state lawmaker has demanded that an Iowa immigrant rights organization turn over private details about the nonprofit’s legal clients, donors and list of members.

Iowa looked a lot different in 2010, when Republican Kim Reynolds was first elected to statewide office.

Young volunteers who respond to natural disasters and help with community projects across the U.S. have been discharged.

President Donald Trump’s tariffs are likely to cost Iowa farmers their biggest market for the hundreds of millions of bushels of soybeans they grow every year.

In a surprise announcement Friday, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said she will not seek a third term in office in 2026.

Mega Millions players will get slightly better odds and should start seeing more billion-dollar jackpots, but at a cost — literally — with tickets for the multistate lottery more than doubling in price from $2 to $5.

Former Iowa forward Owen Freeman, the 2023-24 Big Ten freshman of the year, has signed with Creighton.

A federal judge says Iowa for now cannot continue to enforce part of its book ban law.

Governors in several Republican-led states are pressing the Trump administration to cut the strings attached to their federal education aid, a goal conservatives have long dreamed of that now appears within reach as President Donald Trump moves to dismantle the Education Department.

First-team All-American Walter Clayton Jr. scored 23 points and Florida defeated Norfolk State 95-69, ensuring all four No. 1 seeds made it out of the first round of the NCAA Tournament unscathed.

A review of Iowa’s voter rolls shows 35 people who are not U.S. citizens were among more than 1.6 million Iowa voters who cast ballots in the 2024 general election, despite being ineligible to vote.

The Trump administration has moved to dismiss a lawsuit against Texas over a law that would allow local police to arrest migrants who enter the country illegally.

The company behind an $8.9 billion carbon-capture pipeline proposed for five Midwestern states says it wants to indefinitely delay its plans after South Dakota passed a law limiting its ability to acquire land for the project.

A new law in South Dakota prohibiting the use of eminent domain to acquire land for carbon capture pipelines challenges the viability of a proposed project snaking through five Midwest states.

Iowa State women’s basketball star Audi Crooks has a love-hate relationship with social media.

Jace Richardson scored 22 points and No. 8 Michigan State wrapped up the outright Big Ten regular-season championship with an 91-84 victory over Iowa on Thursday night.

Audi Crooks is The Associated Press women's college basketball player of the week.

Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark will meet in a bigger venue when the Chicago Sky host the Indiana Fever this season, with the games being moved from Wintrust Arena to the United Center.

A bill that would strip gender identity protections from Iowa’s civil rights code has received final legislative approval and now goes to the governor.

The aspirations of Florida’s first lady Casey DeSantis have long been a topic of discussion in Tallahassee.

U.S. states seem to mark Presidents Day with as many different names and honors as there have been presidents.

Caitlin Clark watched patiently as the Indiana Fever's offseason overhaul played out.

Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst has hailed Elon Musk and the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency.

Dairy cattle in Nevada have been infected with a new type of bird flu that's different from the version that has spread in herds since last year.

Southern Cal’s second loss of the season has dropped the Trojans to seventh in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll.

Caitlin Clark wasn’t back in her home arena to play a game.

Lucy Olsen scored 28 points and Addison O’Grady had 13 as Iowa topped No. 4 USC 76-69 on Sunday, snapping the Trojans’ 15-game winning streak.

Caitlin Clark is going to wait until Indianapolis hosts the WNBA All-Star weekend to enter her first 3-point contest.

Basketball star Caitlin Clark has awarded $22,000 grants through her foundation to four Iowa charities that she said inspired her during her time at the University of Iowa.

Allies of President Donald Trump have been quick to threaten primary challengers for Republican senators who don’t back Trump's Cabinet picks and legislative priorities.

Curtis Jones scored 25 points in his second start of the season to lead No. 2 Iowa State to a 74-57 win over No. 9 Kansas for the Cyclones' 12th straight victory.

A nationally known outdoor artwork will be removed from a Des Moines park pond under a settlement.

Late NHL star Johnny Gaudreau’s No. 8 jersey was retired by the Dubuque Fighting Saints on Saturday night during an emotional ceremony before their United States Hockey League game against Sioux City.

Every year the U.S. egg industry kills about 350 million male chicks because they will never lay eggs and so have little monetary value.

Caitlin Clark's No. 22 will be retired in a ceremony Feb. 2 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City.

President-elect Donald Trump is accusing the Des Moines Register newspaper and its pollster of “brazen election interference” for publishing a poll the weekend before the election that showed Democrat Kamala Harris was leading by three percentage points in the midwestern state.

Inclement weather has plagued areas of the U.S. in the first half of the weekend, with dangerous conditions including heavy snow, a major ice storm and unusual tornado activity.

A major ice storm has created treacherous driving conditions across Iowa and eastern Nebraska and prompted temporary closures of Interstate 80 after numerous cars and trucks slid off the road.

Curtis Jones scored 23 points, Joshua Jefferson added 19 points and 10 rebounds and No. 3 Iowa State overcame a 13-point deficit to beat Iowa 89-80 on Thursday night.

Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst is an Iraq War veteran and sexual assault survivor who has advocated for years to improve how the military handles claims of sexual misconduct.

North Dakota regulators have approved permits for underground carbon dioxide storage for a massive pipeline proposed for the Midwest.

Staffers at Thank You Books in Birmingham, Alabama, San Francisco’s City Lights Books and The Nook in Cedar Falls, Iowa, are among 600 booksellers receiving $500 holiday bonuses from James Patterson.

Tennessee is back in the AP Top 25 at No. 19, ending the school’s longest drought in the 48-year history of the women’s basketball poll.

The U.S. government has ordered testing of the nation’s milk supply for bird flu to better monitor the spread of the virus in dairy cows.

Athletic directors at Iowa State and SMU are in a turf war over the latest College Football Playoff rankings, leading to a “stay off my lawn” moment on social media.

An expanded WNBA with more games and a new franchise will tip off on May 16.

Rocco Becht threw for two touchdowns and ran for another and No. 17 Iowa State’s defense came up with big stops in the second half to help the Cyclones beat Kansas State 29-21 for the first 10-win season in program history.

An Iowa-based group that strives to alleviate world hunger is announcing a leadership change as it works to expand its international focus.

Utility regulators in North Dakota have approved part of a carbon dioxide pipeline that would span five Midwestern states.

Behren Morton drove Texas Tech 71 yards for the winning touchdown with 19 seconds left and the Red Raiders denied No. 11 Iowa State its best start in program history with a 23-22 upset.

Wendy’s plans to close 140 U.S. restaurants before the end of this year on top of the 100 it said it would close in May.

For the first time since 1938, children in Des Moines, Iowa, will go trick-or-treating on Halloween.

Fox News anchor Bret Baier says he “made a mistake” during his interview with Kamala Harris in not airing video of a controversial Donald Trump comment — but it wasn't fully clear what the mistake was.

The Philadelphia 76ers say forward Paul George has a bone bruise but didn't suffer any structural damage when he hyperextended his left knee during a preseason game.

South Carolina is starting the season at No. 1 in the AP Top 25 women's college basketball poll.

Philadelphia 76ers prized free agent acquisition Paul George left Monday’s preseason game against Atlanta with a hyperextended left knee.

The Big Ten has become a landing zone for quarterbacks on the move.

The owner of a water buffalo that ran loose in a Des Moines, Iowa, suburb for days in August has pleaded guilty for having an animal at large.

Two dairy workers in California were infected with bird flu, the 15th and 16th human cases detected in the U.S. this year.

Frank Fritz of the reality TV show “American Pickers” has died.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week fell to the lowest level in four months.

After fueling so many other people’s parties, it will be time for Kool & the Gang to themselves finally celebrate when they are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame next month in Cleveland.

Taking a country drive in the Midwest means venturing into the corn zone.

Two new reports provide a mixed but compelling outlook on the wave of book removals and challenges as the annual Banned Books Week begins for schools, stores and libraries nationwide.

Several little-known pro-Trump candidates are running for Congress in key races as independents, and an Associated Press review finds they were recruited and backed by the same shadowy group.

Cade McNamara threw three second-half touchdown passes and No. 25 Iowa cruised to a season-opening victory without coach Kirk Ferentz, pounding Illinois State 40-0.

An escaped water buffalo is headed to a large animal hospital days after it wandered away from a suburban Iowa property and through the neighborhood.

A water buffalo is on the loose in an Iowa town, and police are warning people that it is injured and aggressive.

At first glance, it looks like an unassuming Iowa farm.

Iowa abortion providers are opting to dismiss their lawsuit against the state since the Iowa Supreme Court allowed a strict abortion law to be enforced.

Iowa can enforce a book ban this school year following a federal appeals court ruling.

Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says he'll work to defeat a fall ballot issue to remake the state’s troubled political mapmaking system.

Iowa now bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and before many women know they are pregnant.

Minnesota medical providers and public officials are preparing for the arrival of new patients before an Iowa law banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy goes into effect.