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ISRAEL – It’s a state of war in the Middle East this morning as Hamas invaded Israel with soldiers and a torrent of missile attacks.
WASHINGTON – The United States announced today that it will resume direct repatriations of Venezuelan nationals who cross the border unlawfully after tens-of-thousands try to enter America last month.
WASHINGTON – Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas released a statement this evening emphasizing that erecting walls at America’s borders is no answer to keeping migrants out.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – If Congress cannot keep the government open, over 185,000 frontline personnel would have to continue working without a paycheck, including first responders, law enforcement, security analysts, investigators, and disaster response officials.
ALBERT LEA, MN – An elderly man put his pickup truck into Albert Lea’s Fountain Lake and was saved by good samaritans.
DES MOINES – Iowa has the worst bridges in America, and despite Iowa Congressmen voting against funding for repairs, the state is poised to make progress due to the Infrastructure Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – NASA announced it has a new director of research into UFO phenomena that has everyone buzzing but claims no evidence of extra-terrestrials so far.
WASHINGTON – Former White House advisor to Donald Trump, Peter K. Navarro of Washington, D.C., was found guilty by a U.S. District Court jury of two counts of contempt of Congress stemming from his failure to comply with a subpoena issued by the United States House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol.
WASHINGTON – The former national chairman of the Proud Boys was sentenced for seditious conspiracy and other charges related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – An Iowa man was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for sending threatening communications to an election official on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and
WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is investing $808 million to help rural cooperatives and utilities build and improve electric infrastructure and increase electric grid reliability and security, connecting hundreds of thousands of people in rural areas. This funding will also help provide clean drinking water and sanitary wastewater systems in rural areas for years to come.
DES MOINES – Governor Greg Abbott today held a press conference in Eagle Pass with Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt, and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem to provide an update on their joint efforts under Texas’ Operation Lone Star.
Kelly drove to Washington, D.C. on Jan. 5, 2021, from his home in Iowa. On January 6, Kelly joined his parents for a rally, then, Kelly and his parents marched towards the Capitol building. He made his way onto the Senate floor as rioters flooded the Chamber, yelling, screaming, and ransacking the Senators’ desks.
DES MOINES – Iowa is 1,132 miles from the Rio Grande River, but Governor Reynolds is going to Texas anyway, to join a press conference on border security.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Special Counsel Jack Smith presented a case to a Grand Jury regarding former President Donald Trump’s illegal attempt to stay in office after he soundly lost the 2020 election, and that panel of common citizens has brought four felony charges in this case.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ordered Bank of America to pay more than $100 million to customers for systematically double-dipping on fees imposed on customers with insufficient funds in their account, withholding reward bonuses explicitly promised to credit card customers, and misappropriating sensitive personal information to open accounts without customer knowledge or authorization.
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DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds completed her trade mission to Italy, Kosovo, and Israel and returned to Iowa on Saturday, July 1.
DES MOINES – Today, Gov. Kim Reynolds completed the Kosovo leg of her trade mission and will be traveling to Israel.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following a comprehensive investigation, the Justice Department announced on Friday that the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) and the City of Minneapolis (City) engage in a pattern or practice of conduct in violation of the U.S. Constitution and federal law.
The announcement brings the total U.S. government humanitarian assistance to Syria and the region to $1.1 billion in FY 2023 and almost $16.9 billion since the start of the 12-year crisis.
DES MOINES – Gov. Reynolds has authorized the deployment of approximately 100 Iowa National Guard troops and 30 Department of Public Safety personnel to help secure the U.S. Southern border.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Elmer Stewart Rhodes III, 58, of Granbury, Texas, the founder and leader of the Oath Keepers, and Kelly Meggs, 54, of Dunnellon, Florida, the leader of the Florida chapter of the organization, were sentenced today for seditious conspiracy and other charges related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
GENEVA – Global temperatures are likely to surge to record levels in the next five years, fuelled by heat-trapping greenhouse gases and a naturally occurring El Niño event, according to a new update issued by the World Meteorological Organization.
CENTRAL ISLIP, NY – A 13-count indictment was unsealed today in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging George Anthony Devolder Santos, better known as “George Santos,” a United States Congressman representing the Third District of New York, with seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds, and two counts of making materially false statements to the House of Representatives.
MINNEAPOLIS – A Minnesota man was indicted on one count of arson and one count of damage to religious property, for setting fire to a mosque.
JOHNSON COUNTY – A man who allegedly attempted to strangle a person to death and was set free by a judge to stay with family in Northern Iowa has removed his ankle monitor and is on the run as federal and local authorities search for him.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A jury in the District of Columbia returned guilty verdicts on multiple felonies against five members of the Proud Boys, finding four of the defendants guilty of seditious conspiracy for their actions before and during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the U.S. Department of Education announced it has signed contracts with five companies to modernize and enhance loan servicing for more than 37 million borrowers with federally managed loans.
MADISON, MISSISSIPPI – A federal indictment was unsealed this week in Mississippi charging a former professional wrestler with misappropriating millions of dollars in federal safety-net funds intended for needy families and low-income individuals in Mississippi.
CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA – A Northern Iowa couple died in a recent plane crash in rural Nevada.
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NEW YORK – The FBI arrested two suspects after they were allegedly operating a Chinese police station in New York City. A complaint was unsealed Monday in federal court in Brooklyn, New
DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig and a 15-member delegation have returned from a trade mission to Vietnam and the Philippines.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A woman’s right to choose was dealt another blow Friday when a federal judge in Texas banned a long-approved abortion pill.
DES MOINES – Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds was furious Thursday when she learned Donald Trump was indicted in New York on felony criminal charges.
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SYRIA – Five U.S. service members were wounded and an American was contractor killed in Syria today, and President Biden ordered retaliatory airstrikes on Iran forces in this war-torn country.
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RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – Boeing today announced they will sell Saudi Arabia up to 121 Dreamliner aircraft from the American plane builder, and the U.S. government is fine with the deal.