WASHINGTON DC (January 28, 2020) — The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Budget and Economic Outlook for the next decade, which warned that the national debt is headed to uncharted waters. Under current law, CBO projects debt will rise from 80 percent of the economy today to 98 percent by 2030 and 180 percent by 2050.

WASHINGTON DC (January 28, 2020) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley released the following statement regarding reports that Charles Lieber, the head of Harvard University’s chemistry department, was arrested on charges of allegedly lying to the Department of Defense and National Institutes of Heal

According to its website, Shields of Strength "provides fashionable, functional, and durable Christian fitness jewelry and accessories." Those items include military "dog tags" engraved with quotes from scripture and sometimes the logo of the armed forces branch the customer belongs to. When the Military Religious Freedom Foundation complained, the Marine Corps Trademark Licensing Office ordered the company to stop combining scripture references and the Corps' emblem.

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 27, 2020) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate presented a National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) Medallion Award to Ambassador Kenneth Quinn during a ceremony at the State Capitol on Monday. The award recognizes Quinn’s many years of service to Iowa and the nation, both as a US State Department official and as President of the World Food Prize Foundation.