Chief politics reporter Brianne Pfannenstiel covers local and state politics, plus national politics for USA TODAY ...

Years at the Register: Two and some change. I grew up in: Tampa, Florida. I live in: Des Moines. I graduated from: Loyola ...

I like my beat because: I talk to a lot of interesting people, including farmers, scientists, environmentalists and community ...

Iowa can't enforce its own immigration law, U.S. appeals court says. But with Justice Department in new hands, future of ...

President Trump's Jan. 23 executive order creates a crypto task force to craft rules and study a national reserve or ...

Lanes will be closed for at least a week as crews work to repair the water main and the road, West Palm Beach said.

Tensions rise in Iowa as rumors of ICE sightings spread and Trump declares illegal immigration a national emergency.

NextEra closed Duane Arnold in 2020 after a derecho that year caused extensive damage to its since-dismantled cooling towers.

President Donald Trump signs executive order to require federal employees to be in-office, ending telework and remote roles.

Kentucky is among one of the states where lawmakers want to rename a road after Trump. He already has roads named for him in ...

President Donald Trump pledged to revoke the so-called electric vehicle mandate, and an executive order on day one of his ...