With Trump’s low approval rating and Republicans’ ‘self-destruction’, can Democrats take the Senate? - short news
Even with the Iran war weighing Trump’s party down, Democrats face a challenge turning the upper chamber blue
The county of Louisa in eastern Iowa is so rural that there is not a single stoplight on its roads, and its largest town, Wapello, boasts an appropriately wry nickname: “Capital of the World”.
The moniker is not entirely off-base, for decisions made here have, in their own way, reverberated across the globe. Louisa is among a band of counties along the Mississippi..
source: The Guardian - 09.05.2026