'The best chance we have to elect a real progressive since FDR’: on the phone with Elizabeth WarrenWarren believes she’s the candidate who can win Iowa – and the country. Here’s her argument The cellphone declared “No Caller ID” but I answered on the off chance it wasn’t a vehicle warranty robocall.“Hi. This is Elizabeth Warren,” the unmistakable voice on the other end hailed. This was no recording.The senator from Massachusetts dialed up Iowa just a month before the 3 February lead-off caucuses, while campaigning in New Hampshire on Thursday.She is known for ringing local politicians, activists or voters she has bumped into on the trail. She called us to thank the Storm Lake Times, the Iowa …

With hours' notice, US fast-response force flies to MideastHundreds of U.S. soldiers deployed Saturday from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to Kuwait to serve as reinforcements in the Middle East amid rising tensions following the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general. Lt. Col. Mike Burns, a spokesman for the 82nd Airborne Division, told The Associated Press 3,500 members of the division’s quick-deployment brigade, known officially as its Immediate Response Force, will have deployed within a few days. A loading ramp at Fort Bragg was filled Saturday morning with combat gear and restless soldiers.

Cops in Missing Siblings Case Search Doomsday Writer’s HomeIdaho police and FBI agents investigating two missing children swarmed a home owned by their stepfather and his mysteriously deceased first wife.Fremont County Sheriff Len Humphries told East Idaho News that investigators developed probable cause for a search warrant of the Salem house. Officers with rakes and metal detectors could be seen scouring the snow-covered backyard.“This has been in the works for several days,” Humphries told the news site. “When you are doing an investigation, you have to accumulate evidence, and the process takes time.”The home is where Tammy Daybell was found dead on Oct. 19. Her husband, doomsday writer …