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Project 2025 is already happening in Iowa
Here are five things from Project 2025 that have already been implemented in the Hawkeye State. By now, you’ve probably already heard about Project 2025, a detailed and intricate plan created by the right-wing Heritage Foundation to completely overhaul the federal government and the American way of life under a second Trump presidency. Project 2025…
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‘I can shine a light on the monsters:’ Iowan documenting Russia-Ukraine War
A Des Moines woman is recording and archiving footage to tell the unvarnished truth about the Russia-Ukraine War. Russia’s war on Ukraine began in February 2022. However, Ann Vorhees of Des Moines started collecting video from it recently after a conversation she had with a neighbor gave her the idea. “I said, ‘We shouldn’t leave…
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Your flight was canceled by the technology outage. What do you do next?
Air travelers became the face of the widespread technology outage Friday as they posted pictures on social media of crowds of people stranded at airports in Europe and the United States.
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Iowa Olympians and Paralympians going to Paris in 2024
Meet Iowa’s Olympic athletes, including those who participated in past Olympics as well as Olympians and Paralympians headed to Paris this summer.
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7 major rulings from the US Supreme Court’s 2023-2024 term, explained
The US Supreme Court has, shall we say, made news this year. Here’s an approachable explainer to some of their top rulings of the term, and how they impact clean air, workplace safety, health insurance, and the general quality of life for all Americans.
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Big tech billionaires line up behind Donald Trump and JD Vance
Silicon Valley billionaires such as Elon Musk, Marc Andreessen, and Chamath Palihapitiya have thrown their support behind a Trump-Vance ticket, and some even urged the former president to pick Vance as his running mate.
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VIDEOS: Iowa OB-GYN wants a hotline to Gov. Reynolds after abortion ban
In states with abortion bans, doctors have had to watch pregnant patients get sicker and sicker before doctors can treat them. Now that Iowa has one of the most restrictive bans in the country, Dr. Emily Boevers, an Iowa OB-GYN, said she hopes Gov. Kim Reynolds, who signed the bill into law, is ready for…
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Meet the people ensuring Iowans have abortion access
Abortion access will be harder once Iowa’s near-total abortion ban goes into effect, but there are people and organizations working to make sure Iowans can still get abortion care. And they’re not going anywhere.
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Rushing: I’ve reached the finish line at Starting Line
Chief Political Correspondent Ty Rushing bids farewell to Iowa Starting Line. After 11 years—minus a six-month stint in corporate communications—my grind as a daily news reporter will come to an end Friday on what will be my last day as a full-time member of the Iowa Starting Line team. I’ve been at Starting Line for…
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These 4 Iowa drive-in movie theaters make for retro summer fun
Learn about the four remaining drive-in movie theaters in Iowa and then head to one for a night of nostalgia, movies, and summer fun.
