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What to expect from young Republicans at Iowa's caucuses

6:16am January 15, 2024

Iowa has gone first in the presidential nominating season for a long time — over half a century. But for Iowa's youngest voters, this historic political tradition is still very new.

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Morning news brief

5:10am January 15, 2024

Iowa Republicans hold first nominating contest in party's presidential race. It's been 100 days since Israel-Hamas war began. Guatemala's president is sworn in despite opponents' efforts to stop it.

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Breaking down some of the stakes for the Republicans with Iowa's caucuses

5:10am January 15, 2024

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Sarah Isgur, senior editor of the online magazine The Dispatch, about the conservative perspective on Monday's Iowa Caucuses.

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Here are the 2024 Iowa Republican Caucus results

5:00am January 15, 2024

by NPR Washington Desk

Republicans are holding their traditional caucuses on Jan. 15, and former President Donald Trump has been the clear leader in Iowa polling. View the live results.

A precinct captain displays the Iowa Democratic Party caucus reporting app on his phone on Feb. 4, 2020. The app's technical difficulties marred Democrats' 2020 Iowa caucuses.

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Iowa Republicans will use an app to transmit caucus results. Sound familiar?

5:00am January 15, 2024

by Miles Parks

The state Republican Party is extremely confident the system will work Monday, but election experts can't help but notice parallels to Iowa Democrats' disastrous technology in 2020.

Congressional leaders have agreed to a spending bill that would extend current funding levels through March 1 and March 8.

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Top Congressional leaders prepare for votes on a stop-gap spending bill

8:41pm January 14, 2024

Top leaders in the House and Senate agreed this weekend on a bill that would extend government funding in two-tiers with some programs expiring on March 1 while others would be extended to March 8.

Republican candidates make final appeal before frigid Iowa caucuses

5:36pm January 14, 2024

by Clay Masters

It's the final day of campaigning before Monday's Iowa Republican caucuses.

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Signage for the Iowa caucus during a storm in Des Moines on Jan. 9.

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A cold snap could swipe the spotlight in low-drama Iowa caucuses

12:44pm January 14, 2024

by Ron Elving

Besides being first, Iowa's caucuses have marketed the element of surprise. Since their start in 1972, the caucuses' big story has most often been news because it caught many in the media off guard.

A pickup truck is driven down a snow-covered road under an Iowa caucuses sign on Friday in downtown Des Moines, Iowa.

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Brutal cold adds another layer to Republicans' final push in Iowa

11:39am January 14, 2024

As the Republican presidential hopefuls have made their closing arguments in Iowa, they've also had to make another argument: to convince voters to come out Monday in dangerously cold temperatures.

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Voters in Iowa are divided over Trump, showing growing support for Haley

8:41am January 14, 2024

by Don Gonyea

We hear what voters are saying in the days leading up to the Iowa Republican caucuses.