by Shauneen Miranda WASHINGTON — Funding for scores of Head Start programs hung in the balance as the government shutdown continued Monday without an end
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Trump’s lawsuit against Des Moines Register, pollster heads to state court
by Robin Opsahl, President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Des Moines Register, its parent company Gannett and pollster J. Ann Selzer will head from federal
Pesticides used near farm communities tied to rare but deadly childhood cancer
by Brian Bienkowski, The New Lede Children whose mothers lived near farms and fields treated with certain pesticides during pregnancy have a higher risk of
No Kings day brings millions into US streets in anti-Trump protests
by Ashley Murray, Iowa Capital Dispatch October 18, 2025 WASHINGTON — Millions of Americans packed streets, parks and town squares across the United States Saturday
Shutdown forces Medicare patients off popular telehealth and hospital-at-home programs
by Tim Henderson, Stateline The federal government shutdown is forcing a reckoning for two remote health care programs because they automatically expired Oct. 1. The
Nutrition program for women, infants and children to stay afloat through October
by Shauneen Miranda, Iowa Capital Dispatch WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is infusing $300 million into a key federal nutrition program to keep
First they came for the immigrants
by Robert C. Koehler “Then they came for me . . .” I can only begin here, at the emotional knifepoint of the ongoing ICE
Trump’s Education Department Is Working to Erode the Public School System — ProPublica
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“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America
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Something is wrong with Lake Itasca, the source of the Mississippi River
Warming water may have an outsized impact on the legendary lake, which has been protected for decades. By Greg Stanley Minnesota Star Tribune ITASCA STATE
