It’s a somewhat humorous fact that at age 75 and with more than three decades in the U.S. Senate, Tom Harkin can still be referred to as “Iowa’s junior senator” ...

In 1971, the president of Mississippi State University, Dr. William L. Giles , invited President Richard Nixon to attend the ...

As Tom Harkin makes his way around Iowa on his farewell tour as U.S. senator, he is reflecting on a long list of legislative accomplishments over a career spanning four decades.

Tom Harkin gets states’ rights backward In a recent guest essay , former Sen. Tom Harkin rightly declared that “states must retain the right to set their own agricultural policies.” ...

Tom Harkin gets states’ rights backward. In a recent guest essay, former Sen. Tom Harkin rightly declared that “states must retain the right to set their own agricultural policies.”However ...

Iowa Democrats are hoping to make midterm election gains in Senate and House races in a state that has shifted sharply right ...

“That [Sen. Tom] Harkin guy seemed pretty cool. I’d go with him,” Rogen said. ( WATCH: Seth Rogen testifies at Alzheimer’s hearing) ...

Democrats have not won a Senate election in Iowa since 2008, when Sen. Tom Harkin won a fifth term. In recent cycles, Iowa has transformed from a swing state to a reliably Republican one.

Tom Harkin represented Iowa in the U.S. Senate from 1985 to 2015. As someone who spent four decades in Congress fighting for the well-being of American farmers, rural communities, and farm animals ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin says sponsors of a proposed federal law restricting access to a chemical used to make methamphetamine have agreed to toughen the ...