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Iowa AG Brenna Bird tells RNC supporting Trump means supporting law enforcement

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird told the crowd at the Republican National Convention Tuesday that electing former President Donald Trump in 2024 will support law enforcement and curtail crime in the country. Bird first won election in 2022, defeating longtime Democratic Attorney General Tom Miller who “was first elected when I was just two years […]

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Heritage Foundation touts controversial Project 2025 plan on RNC outskirts

MILWAUKEE — Despite former President Donald Trump’s denial of any connection to the conservative presidential transition plan known as Project 2025, the initiative’s driver, the Heritage Foundation, promoted the platform mere blocks from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, attracting officials and personalities from the party’s most conservative wing. The project has taken heat from […]

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Gun rights advocates at convention spell out plans if GOP gains control in November

Attendees at the one-hour session, hosted by the U.S. Concealed Carry Association near the Republican National Convention, weren’t actually able to conceal carry any firearms, since it was held inside a Secret Service security checkpoint. 

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Broad array of groups object to Summit pipeline permit

Legislators, counties, conservation groups and landowners have asked state regulators to reconsider their permit approval for an expansive carbon dioxide pipeline system in Iowa. A total of eight requests were filed with the Iowa Utilities Commission in the past week before a procedural deadline on Monday, and they are likely precursors to lawsuits in state […]

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Sen. Menendez convicted of bribery, all other charges in federal corruption trial

The jury’s verdict of guilty on all counts came on the third day of deliberations and after a nine-week trial at the federal courthouse in Manhattan. It makes Menendez just the seventh sitting U.S. senator to be convicted of a federal crime.

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Gun rights advocates at convention spell out plans if GOP gains control in November

MILWAUKEE — Republicans speaking at a concealed carry event on Tuesday, just days after a gunman attempted to kill their presidential nominee, insisted the party won’t change its stance on Second Amendment rights. Attendees at the one-hour session, hosted by the U.S. Concealed Carry Association near the Republican National Convention, weren’t actually able to conceal […]

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