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Members of the Louisiana Republican Party held a protest on the steps of the Louisiana State Capitol on March 21, 2023, when they expected the former president to be arrested. (Greg LaRose/Louisiana Illuminator)

Here’s how reporters should cover Trump’s campaign

BY: - May 5, 2023

On the evening of Jan. 6, 2021, CNN personalities tried to interpret for viewers across the world what had transpired that day in the nation’s capital. “I would just like to remind our viewers that President Trump now for years has referred to journalists as the enemy of the American people,” anchor Jake Tapper said, […]

Republican presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson speaks with Iowans April 13, 2023 at VFW Post 9127in Des Moines. (Photo by Luke Clausen/Iowa Capital Dispatch)

On Iowa campaign tour, Asa Hutchinson says he’d ‘defer to science’ in abortion pill access

BY: - April 14, 2023

Amid multiple court rulings on access to medication abortions, Republican presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson said “we should always be deferring to science and make the best decisions on health care based on professional judgments.” Hutchinson, the former governor of Arkansas, was campaigning in central Iowa Thursday. Federal judges in Texas and Washington last week gave […]

Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, second from right, speaks to Drake University College Republicans March 28, 2023 at the Drake Diner near campus. (Photo by Luke Clausen)

Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson calls for armed personnel in every school

BY: - March 28, 2023

In the aftermath of a school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, former Arkansas governor and potential presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson called Tuesday for armed officers in every school. Hutchinson, a Republican, made his comments during an event with Drake University students in Des Moines. “My belief is that every school should have armed personnel,” Hutchinson said. […]