The State Department has revoked the visa of a graduate student at the University of Iowa, according to an email sent to the university’s international students and scholars on Thursday. The Trump administration’s ongoing and unprecedented mass revocation of student visas has resulted in more than 700 students around the country being stripped of their […]
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Sen. Chuck Grassley will hold Judiciary Committee hearing on courts blocking Trump actions
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley is set to play a top role as the Senate Judiciary Committee chair in hearings next week on courts blocking President Donald Trump’s actions. Members of Iowa’s congressional delegation also introduced legislation to make English the official language of the nation and to address a shortage of truck drivers. The Senate […]
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Trump’s move to cut support for libraries and museums will be felt in Iowa
Accompanied by a security team and members of Elon Musk’s DOGE, Keith Sonderling arrived at the offices of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) on Thursday to take over the independent federal agency as its new acting director. President Trump appointed Sonderling to the position earlier on Thursday, even though Sonderling is already […]
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Iowa State University rescinds some admission offers for graduate students
Iowa State University graduate school programs have started rescinding offers to prospective students as departments scramble to respond to funding uncertainties. Someone who identified themselves as an international, prospective Ph.D. student posted a letter online they received from ISU on March 5 stating an offer the student had previously received from the university’s department of […]
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UI’s International Writing Program makes drastic cuts after Trump administration terminates grants
The International Writing Program (IWP) at the University of Iowa announced on Thursday it is having to make drastic cuts, because vital grants awarded to the program by the U.S. State Department are “being terminated.”
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Iowa Hunger Coalition calls on Gov. Reynolds to stop rejecting millions in federal aid for food-insecure Iowa kids
The Iowa Hunger Coalition has renewed its call for Gov. Kim Reynolds to have the state participate in the USDA’s Summer EBT program. The program provides direct funds to families with children receiving federal food assistance to help them cover the increased cost of food during summer months when kids aren’t in school. Iowa was one […]
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Trump administration says international students can’t stay in U.S. if they are only taking online courses
As universities increasingly turn to online instruction to continue classes during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration has decided that international students won’t be permitted to stay in the United States if they are not receiving in-person instruction. “The U.S. Department of State will not issue visas to students enrolled in schools and/or programs that […]
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Iowa Attorney General joins protest against the Trump administration’s new student loan policy (Updated)
Two months after the Republican majority in the Iowa legislature cut Attorney General Tom Miller’s budget by $600,000 to punish the attorney general for his opposition to policies of the Trump administration, Miller is pushing back against a policy change by the U.S. Department of Education
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Trump administration introduces its family planning priorities: faith-based programs and abstinence
The Trump administration took a major step in advancing its priorities for family planning programs last week.
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Iowa cuts protection for people in nursing homes, Trump administration may make it even worse
Budget cuts are undermining a program intended to safeguard Iowans in nursing homes. And a rule change proposed by the Trump Administration could make things worse.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture says the rightwing radio rants of Iowa’s Sam Clovis were based on solid research and data
The USDA is now describing old rightwing radio rants as solidly researched. The ranter, Sam Clovis, is President Trump’s nominee to be the USDA’s top scientist.
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Democracy in Crisis: Whose autocracy is it anyway?
I.
FBI Director James Comey was speaking to federal agents when news of his firing flashed across the television behind him.
The regime blamed new Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and cited Comey’s treatment of the Clinton email investigation — as if daring us to pretend they are telling the truth.
II.
More than 200 people arrested en masse on Inauguration Day are now facing decades in jail. Authorities issued search warrants and slapped others, like Dylan Petrohilos, with conspiracy charges after the fact. “Prosecuting people based on participation in a public protest,” Petrohilos said, “seems like something that would happen in an authoritarian society.”
