More than 1,400 refugees expecting to reunite with family members and resettle in Iowa this year are now waiting indefinitely after refugee travel to the U.S. was canceled Tuesday night under President Trump's executive order halting federal programs.
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By Sarah Watson, - Quad-City Times
National Politics Jan. 24, 2025 7:18 pm372d ago
Brian Hook served in the first Trump administration as senior advisor to secretaries of state Rex Tillerson and Mike Pompeo. Hook also served as the special representative for Iran and as director of the state department's policy planning staff.
By Jennifer Shutt, - Iowa Capital Dispatch
National Politics Jan. 27, 2025 2:31 pm369d ago
During a four-hour hearing Thursday, Brooke Rollins -- President Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of agriculture -- was asked about tariffs, bird flu, the effect of mass deportations on the ag workforce, and rural development efforts.
State Government Jan. 24, 2025 7:36 am372d ago
Also, the Iowa Senate is advancing new legislation that would require the teaching of fetal development in health and human growth classes
By Sarah Watson, - Quad-City Times
National Politics Jan. 22, 2025 6:02 pm374d ago
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Wednesday he would take a step back and see how proposed tariffs on Canada and Mexico play out before he casts judgment.
Crime & Courts Jan. 21, 2025 1:14 pm375d ago
Enrique Tarrio and Stewart Rhodes were two of the highest-profile Jan. 6 defendants and received some of the harshest punishments in what became the largest investigation in Justice Department history.
Federal Government Jan. 20, 2025 12:57 pm376d ago
Trump added a long list of policies that sounded more like a State of the Union speech than an Inauguration Day speech. But the broad themes were fundamentally Trumpian, setting himself up as a national savior.
Nation and World Jan. 20, 2025 9:34 am376d ago
The decision by Biden comes after Donald Trump warned of an enemies list filled with those who have crossed him politically or sought to hold him accountable for his attempt to overturn his 2020 election loss and his role in the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
By HALELUYA HADERO - Associated Press
Nation and World Jan. 19, 2025 11:24 am377d ago
President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to issue an executive order that would give TikTok's China-based parent company more time to find an approved buyer before the popular video-sharing platform is subject to a permanent ban in the U.S.
Staff Columnists Jan. 19, 2025 5:00 am378d ago
Tomorrow’s the big day for Big Orange. At noon EST on Jan. 20, Donald Trump will take the oath of …
State Government Jan. 15, 2025 7:35 am381d ago
Flags have been flying half-staff in remembrance of former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away last month
Crime & Courts Jan. 10, 2025 9:17 am386d ago
The outcome cements Trump’s conviction while freeing him to return to the White House unencumbered by the threat of a jail term or a fine.
State Government Jan. 8, 2025 7:40 am388d ago
A Chicago-based nonprofit law firm has filed a new lawsuit on behalf of subscribes to the Des Moines Register over a final pre-election poll that predicted Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump in Iowa.
By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK, FARNOUSH AMIRI and MATT BROWN - Associated Press
Nation and World Jan. 7, 2025 7:37 am389d ago
Congress certified President-elect Donald Trump as the winner of the 2024 election in proceedings Monday that unfolded without challenge, in stark contrast to the Jan. 6, 2021, violence as his mob of supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol.
Althea Cole
Staff Columnists Dec. 22, 2024 5:00 am406d ago
Last week, I shared a few thoughts on a few of once and future President Donald Trump’s nominees for cabinet …

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