DES MOINES, Iowa — Blistering heat, pork chops on a stick, and lots of glad-handing are just a few of the things attendees can expect at the Iowa State Fair this year. In all, 23 Democratic presidential hopefuls and one Republican contender will make the annual pilgrimage to mingle with the first-in-the-nation caucus-goers.
If Democrats think that the voting public won’t remember the promises they made during this primary, they have a rude awakening coming.
Roger Stone, a former adviser to President Donald Trump, was arrested Friday on charges of obstruction, giving false statements and witness tampering as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian election interference.
Stone, a longtime Republican operative and self-described "dirty trickster," has been under the microscope over his alleged connection to WikiLeaks and hacked Democratic emails released by the site during the 2016 presidential campaign. He has repeatedly denied any collusion with WikiLeaks.
The Democratic senator has said she stands by stories about her ancestors she was told as a child. Here's what we know, and what we don't.
9 in 10 Democrats say the United States would benefit from more female elected officials.
Just 49% of Republicans agree, while 38% say they disagree with that statement.
Partisanship, not gender, is in fact the most defining factor in voters’ views of women’s influence on American politics.
About the same share of men overall (66%) and women overall (69%) agree that the country would be better off with more female elected officials.
But Both Republican men (49%) and Republican women (48%) agree with that statement at far lower rates than Democratic men (88%) and Democratic women (87%).
Female voters do express slightly more enthusiasm for candidates who are women.
31% of women say they would be especially enthusiastic about a candidate who is female, compared with 17% of men who say the same.
Stacey Abrams easily defeated Stacey Evans in the Georgia Democratic gubernatorial primary Tuesday.
Now, Abrams will attempt to make history by becoming the nation’s first black female governor — and Georgia’s first woman governor — by winning the general election in November in a state that Republicans still dominate.
"We are writing the next chapter of Georgia history, where no one is unseen, no one is unheard and no one is uninspired," Abrams told supporters in Atlanta Tuesday night at her victory party.
"Now let's go get it done."
A group of House Republicans is seeking the Nobel Peace Prize for President Donald Trump because of his work to ease nuclear tensions with North Korea.
Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are working out the details of a historic summit that could take place by the end of May or early June. Yet an agreement by which the North would give up its nuclear weapons and allow for the world to confirm it still seems far off.
Rep. Luke Messer, R-Ind., made the suggestion in a letter Wednesday sent to members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. It was signed by 18 Republicans.
The letter said that North Korea has long ignored international demands to cease its aggressions but that Trump's "peace through strength policies are working" and bringing North Korea to the negotiating table.
Nearly three dozen African-American women are running for office as Democrats in deep-red Alabama.
It’s an unprecedented number, according to Democratic party officials. And many are running for the first time.
Many of the candidates were inspired by Doug Jones’ Senate win, the #MeToo movement, opposition to President Trump and a desire to carry on former President Obama’s legacy.
Jameria Moore, an attorney, is running for a judgeship on the Jefferson County Probate Court.
“It’s so important that we step up, that we show the nation that we can lead,” she said. “That, here in Alabama, we’re ready to lead our state into the future.”
Cheri Gardner, a candidate for Jefferson County court clerk, says she felt “electrified” when Jones won.
"I don't know if it was Doug Jones as much it was Roy Moore himself lighting the fire under African Americans and African-American women," Gardner told NBC News.
Pamela Wilson Cousins is running for district judge in Jefferson County.
"If I ever thought there was a time for me to run, this was it," she said.
Cassandra Gooley and Cynthia Ray, who work at the VA Medical Center, have been inspired by the number of African-American women seeking office.
"Women, and certainly black women, have been looked over in every arena,” Ray said. “It’s our time."
Read more about the record number of black women running for office in Alabama here.
Delegates booed when Ted Cruz failed to endorse Donald Trump in his convention speech. See more photos from Day 3 here.
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TAMPA, Fla. – Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan formally accepted the Republican vice presidential nomination Wednesday as the party sought to refocus its campaign on big ideas during the second night of its national convention, deploying Ryan and other GOP heavyweights to make a broad appeal to independents.
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North Carolina delegate Ann Sullivan fashions buttons on her vest at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday.
The NBC News campaign embeds together in South Carolina for last night's debate and the upcoming Primary. (Left to right) Ali Weinberg, Carrie Dann, Garrett Haake, Anthony Terrell, Jo Ling Kent, Andrew Rafferty and Alexandra Moe (not in the photo James Novogrod) Photo: http://nbcnews.to/AAWIxD
