Here’s the text of Gov. Terry Branstad’s toast to Vice President Xi Jinping on Wednesday in Des Moines: Gov. Terry E. Branstad this evening will offer a toast to Vice President Xi Jinping, and the long-lasting friendship between Iowa and China. Following

By Jeremy Page and Mark Peters MUSCATINE, Iowa—This small city on the Mississippi River has long boasted that Mark Twain briefly called it home in 1854. Now, residents realize they have a more unusual bragging point: Muscatine played a minor but memorabl

CHINESE VICE PRESIDENT COMING TO IOWA: Gov. Terry E. Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds welcomed the White House's announcement Monday that Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping will visit Iowa as part of his visit to the United States next month. The Chines

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WASHINGTON — Santa Claus is bringing a very special present for Newt Gingrich this weekend: a bit of relief. The independent “super PAC” supporting Mitt Romney ’s campaign, which has run some of the most brutal attack ads against Mr. Gingrich, has said i

Santa Claus is bringing one very special present for Newt Gingrich this weekend: a bit of relief. The “super PAC” supporting Mitt Romney ‘s campaign, which is running the most brutal attack ads against Mr. Gingrich, confirmed to the Caucus that its ads w