Volunteers who respond to disasters and aid nonprofits through the federal AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps were informed Tuesday they have been let go from service, effective immediately. One of the corps’ regional campuses, located in Vinton, was closed Tuesday.
AmeriCorps’ National Civilian Community Corps informed volunteers Tuesday that they would exit the program early “due to programmatic circumstances beyond your control,” according to an email obtained by the Associated Press.
The tariffs aim to renegotiate trade agreements bilaterally, which could take years, affecting farmers and the state's economy, said Iowa State University economic professor Peter Orazem.
Trump’s trade war with China could leave American soybean farmers stranded while Brazil reaps the benefits.
House Republicans -- including all four members of Iowa’s delegation -- narrowly approved their budget framework Thursday, a political turnaround after Speaker Mike Johnson worked into the night to satisfy GOP holdouts who had refused to advance trillions of dollars in tax breaks without deeper spending cuts.
Stocks surged to one of their biggest gains since World War II after President Donald Trump paused his tariffs against most other nations, as investors had desperately hoped he would.
The administration has conceded that Abrego Garcia should not have been sent to El Salvador because an immigration judge found he likely would face persecution by local gangs.
Thousands of farmers and small rural businesses -- including many in Iowa -- remain in limbo as USDA demands grant rewrites favoring fossil fuels over renewables.
A march by hundreds of people in Iowa City was among more than 1,000 that unfolded across the state, nation, and world Saturday against President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and “the most brazen power grab in modern history.”
The Republican-controlled Senate has approved a budget framework that includes multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts. Passage of the plan paves the way for Republicans in coming months to push a tax cut bill through both chambers of Congress.
Federal funding for Iowa library systems — and the public services they support — could be at risk following a presidential directive targeting a federal agency that provides financial support to libraries across the U.S.
Republican leaders in the Iowa House and Senate said they are carefully monitoring the impact of sweeping tariffs on U.S. imports announced this week by President Donald Trump as they draft the state's budget.
Hours after global stock markets tumbled, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) introduced a bill Thursday requiring Congress to approve any tariffs within 60 days of their proposal by the president.
Stock markets worldwide are careening even lower Friday after China matched President Donald Trump’s big raise in tariffs in an escalating trade war. Not even a better-than-expected report on the U.S. job market, which is usually the economic highlight of each month, was enough to stop the slide.
Iowans raised concerns over record-high egg prices, sweeping reciprocal tariffs on U.S. imports and cuts to the Social Security Administration during a telephone town hall Wednesday evening hosted by Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson.
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