Heavy flooding in America's Midwest in recent weeks has caused severe damage. In one of the hardest-hit cities, Cedar Rapids, in the state of Iowa, as many as 2,000 homes may have to be demolished. VOA Correspondent Scott Stearns is in Cedar Rapids

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US Voters Seek Answers From Presidential Candidates on IS Gains 美国选民对总统候选人就IS胜利原因寻求答案 CEDAR FALLS, IOWA The growth of the Islamic State militant group in Iraq and Syria comes as the 2016 U.S. presidential campaig

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By Jim Malone Washington 29 January 2007 Two more presidential contenders are moving ahead with plans to join the 2008 race for the White House this week. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee has taken the first step toward seeking the Republican

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By Jim Malone Des Moines 04 January 2008 Democratic Senator Barack Obama of Illinois and former Republican Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas were the big winners Thursday in the Iowa caucuses, the first major test of the 2008 U.S. presidential elec

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By Jim Malone Washington 25 October 2007 The lengthy and complicated process of choosing the next president of the United States begins in early January when voters attend party caucuses and cast ballots in primaries to select the presidential nomine

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By Greg Flakus Marshall, Texas 25 April 2007 Deadly storms tore across the Mexico-Texas border Tuesday. A tornado killed six people and left a path of destruction in the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas. At least three people were reported dead on th

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Corn prices are surging on the world market after devastating floods in the U.S. heartland destroyed many crops shortly after they were planted. Corn is also in high demand these days, because it is used for making the alcohol fuel additive called e

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By Scott Stearns White House 19 June 2008 U.S. President George Bush is in the Midwest state of Iowa surveying flood damage from heavy rains that have washed out millions of hectares of grazing and farmlands. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stea

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By Greg Flakus Council Bluffs, Iowa 20 June 2008 Surging water is moving down the Mississippi river devastating towns and farmland along the way. The river has topped close to a dozen levees flooding towns in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri and resident

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Iowans Prepare for First Presidential Selection Event As Republican presidential candidates make a final push to woo undecided voters, organizers are making final preparations for Iowas caucus voting. Republicans say they expect record turnout as Iow

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: More than eight months into the Trump administration, many federal agencies are still missing key personnel. As those positions slowly get filled, one lower-level pick at the Department of Agriculture is stirring up controversy. Am

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right, we still don't know if the tariff threats being lobbed back and forth by the U.S. and China will become a full-blown trade war, but farmers in the Midwest are already feeling effects from these early skirmishes. Earlier

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By Brian Padden Iowa 17 July 2006 watch Ethanol report Harvesting corn to make alternative fuel Oil prices recently reached a record high of $75 a barrel. And the growing profits are funding such anti-American governments as Iran and Venezuela. Thes

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By Jim Malone Washington 07 August 2007 Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says he will decide by October whether to join the already crowded field of Republican presidential contenders. VOA National correspondent Jim Malone reports from Washington.

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By Jim Malone Washington 10 December 2007 The pace of the U.S. presidential campaign is intensifying with only three weeks to go until the first test, the Iowa presidential caucuses on January 3. VOA National Correspondent Jim Malone has the latest o

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By Jim Malone Washington 20 November 2007 A new public opinion poll shows a very close race between Democratic presidential contenders Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in the early contest state of Iowa. VOA National correspondent Jim Malone reports

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By Jim Malone Washington 01 December 2007 The Democrats running for president spoke to party officials in Virginia Friday and generally agreed on a need to take the United States in a new direction and to end the war in Iraq. What they disagreed on w

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By Jim Malone Washington 27 December 2007 U.S. presidential contenders are making a final push for votes with one week to go until the first test of the 2008 election campaign, the Iowa presidential caucuses on January 3. VOA National correspondent J

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With four days left in the U.S. presidential campaign, Republican John McCain is mounting a furious last minute bid to overtake Democrat Barack Obama in the polls. VOA National correspondent Jim Malone reports on the final days of the 2008 race for

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By Jim Malone Des Moines 03 January 2008 After more than a year of speeches, rallies and campaign promises, voters in the midwestern U.S. state of Iowa will have the first say Thursday in the 2008 race for the presidency. VOA national correspondent J

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