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Iowa's civil rights protections no longer include gender identity as new law takes effect

Iowa Politics · Iowa

Iowa's civil rights protections no longer include gender identity as new law takes effect

53% Center coverage: 52 sources

Iowa became the first state to remove gender identity from its civil rights code under a law that took effect Tuesday, meaning transgender and nonbinary residents are no longer protected from discrimination in their job, housing and other aspects of life.See the Story

How Medicaid Ruling Could Blow up Senate GOP’s Plans on Trump ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

Donald Trump · Oskaloosa

How Medicaid Ruling Could Blow up Senate GOP’s Plans on Trump ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

61% Center coverage: 52 sources

Senate Republicans were dealt a significant blow Thursday when Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough advised that major pieces of the GOP megabill’s Medicaid policy can’t pass with a simple majority. Much of the savings in the bill come from Medicaid cuts, and the ruling impacts several of the largest and most controversial ones, including a plan…See the Story

Trump Drops Lawsuit Against Iowa Pollster J. Ann Selzer

Iowa Politics · Iowa

Trump Drops Lawsuit Against Iowa Pollster J. Ann Selzer

50% Center coverage: 50 sources

President Donald Trump on Monday dropped his lawsuit against Iowa pollster Ann Selzer and The Des Moines Register over a poll that showed Democratic nominee Kamala Harris leading in Iowa shortly before Election Day in November. See the Story

Trump goes after Mamdani at Iowa rally

67% Right coverage: 15 sources

Zohran Mamdani · Iowa See the Story

Trump refiles lawsuit against Iowa pollster in state court

41% Center coverage: 22 sources

Attorneys for President Trump refiled a lawsuit against The Des Moines Register and Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer in state court Monday after moving to drop their complaint in federal court. US Politics · Iowa See the Story

Trump signals deference to farmers on undocumented workers

56% Right coverage: 23 sources

President Trump late Thursday signaled deference to farmers in the U.S. who employ undocumented migrants, aiming to shield some of them from his administration’s deportation efforts. “Farmers, look, they know better. They work with them for years. You had cases where, not year, but just even over the years where people have worked for a farm, on a farm for 14, 15 years and they get thrown out pretty viciously and we can’t do it. We gotta work with the farmers, and people that have hotels and leisure properties too,” Trump told the crowd at the “Salute to America” event in Des Moines, Iowa. Donald Trump · Iowa See the Story

Trump Fan At Rally Tells MAGA Host How Much Trump Tariffs Are Hurting Her Company — But Still Thinks He’s ‘Fantastic!’

100% Left coverage: 2 sources

A Trump fan told pro-MAGA host Christina Loren that President Donald Trump’s tariffs are hurting the company where she works, but said she still thinks Trump is doing a “fantastic” job. Hours after the passage of his so-called “Big Beautiful Bill,” Trump held a rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines and Right Side Broadcasting Network (RSBN) was on hand to cover the festivities from end-to-end. The president’s speech featured many va…Donald Trump · Des Moines See the Story

Iowa and Vermont Restrict Ballot Access

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Just for members: The latest issue of Ballot Access News. During June, restrictive ballot access laws passed in Iowa and Vermont, but were defeated in Delaware and New Hampshire. .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{ -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); } Join now to continue reading. Members get exclusive analysis, bonus features and no advertisin…Politics · Iowa Read Article

Joni Ernst Pulls Back the Curtain on Key Senate Effort to Fight the Deep State in the One Big, Beautiful Bill

100% Right coverage: 1 sources

Federal bureaucrats can act like a “deep state,” opposing the people’s elected president from within his own executive branch, in part because public-sector unions protect them, and taxpayers unwittingly pay bureaucrats for work they do for these unions. The Republican Congress aims to claw back some of this money in the “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, gave The Daily Signal an inside look at the negotiations involved. “Th…Bureaucracy · Washington Read Article

Emil Bove Will Make an Excellent Circuit Court Judge

100% Right coverage: 1 sources

Emil Bove will make an excellent addition to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. We know this because the three of us shepherded 252 Article III judges to confirmation under President Trump as Republican chief counsels for nominations on the Senate Judiciary Committee under Chairmen Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Lindsey Graham. (R-S.C.).Politics · Iowa Read Article

What’s Left for the Supreme Court to Decide? 21 Cases, Including State Bans on Transgender Care

66% Center coverage: 92 sources

US Supreme Court · Ottumwa See the Story

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