CHICAGO — The U.S. Secret Service has led security planning for nearly a year. Chicago police have spent hundreds of hours training officers to responsibly handle protesters. Public officials are vowing to strike a balance between keeping order and allowing free speech.

As demonstrations over Gaza erupt at campuses across the country, Biden team faces prospect of chaotic scenes in Chicago.

The Democratic Party is bracing for massive protests during the Democratic National Committee convention in Chicago in August, reminiscent of the chaos of the 1968 convention. Fears of a repeat of the infamous convention,

Gov. Kim Reynolds, Attorney General Brenna Bird and others at the state Republican convention on Saturday emphasized the need to defeat President Joe Biden in November and put former President Donald Trump back in the White House.

Iowa Republicans laid out their policy agenda and criticized President Joe Biden during their state convention on Saturday, promising to work to elect Donald Trump in November.

The November election is six months away, and Iowa Republicans are working to keep their super-majorities. At the State Convention in Clive on Saturday, the party set its platform and drummed up support for key races.