Author: Brianne Pfannenstiel, Des Moines Register

Gov. Kim Reynolds has pledged not to endorse any candidate ahead of the state’s first-in-the-nation caucuses in Iowa.

“This is a cycle where we certainly will need to winnow out who’s a pretender and who’s a contender,” said one Iowa Republican political consultant.

The Democratic National Committee had been slated to make a decision about Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses as early as this week.

Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley announced Friday he will seek reelection to an eighth term in the U.S. Senate in 2022.

The results are among a wave of polling that indicates an increasingly unstable electoral map for the president.

Candidates used glowing signs, smoke machines and fiery stump speeches at the Iowa Democrats Liberty and Justice Celebration – so who put on the best show?

Bernie Sanders defended his campaign’s compensation package after an article highlighted concerns that staffers weren’t receiving the $15-an-hour wage he champions.

“He said they should go home. He should go home,” Joe Biden said of the president after Trump’s two days of attacks on four Democratic women of color in the House.

There is some significant upside for Kamala Harris in the poll, and some warning signs for Joe Biden.