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  • DNC will allow Iowa Democrats to compete for early date for 2028 caucuses

    Iowa Democrats were approved Saturday to present their case to national Democrats on why the state’s Democratic caucuses should go in the early presidential nominating window in 2028. At the Democratic National Committee Rules and Bylaws Committee meeting Saturday in San Juan, Puerto Rico, members reviewed the applications from 12 states that submitted waivers to

  • ‘These kids are invisible’: Child abuse deaths spur clash over homeschool regulation

    When Rachel Marshall was growing up in Virginia, her parents kept a magnet on the refrigerator from a national homeschooling advocacy group, with a phone number to call if local school officials tried to interfere with their decision to educate their children at home. “You tell [the organization] the state’s after you, and they will

  • Bird announces end of lawsuit challenging school gender dysphoria accommodations

    Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced Friday that a multistate lawsuit has concluded that targeted school accommodations for children diagnosed with gender dysphoria under federal laws supporting students with disabilities. Bird joined 16 other states in a Texas-led lawsuit challenging a change to the federal law known as Section 504 prohibiting discrimination against students with

  • Start your engines: Trump greenlights IndyCar race around D.C. monuments

    The nation’s capital will host an autorace through its streets this summer, President Donald Trump said Friday. The IndyCar race, which Trump compared to the Indianapolis 500, will take place Aug. 23, with preliminary events such as practice sessions occurring for two days before, Trump said during an Oval Office announcement.  It will be free

  • Trump to nominate former Fed governor to replace Powell as chair

    WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s new Federal Reserve chair pick likely faces headwinds in the U.S. Senate, as a key lawmaker opposes the administration’s ongoing criminal probe of current Fed leader Jerome Powell. Trump announced early Friday he’s tapped Kevin Warsh to lead the central bank after Powell’s term ends in May. Warsh sat on

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