Sunday Edition 04/6/2025 News Highlights

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Sunday Edition of the Iowa Telegraph News




This weeks Top News Stories;

Nationwide Anti-Trump Protests;

SIOUX FALLS — A crowd estimated in the thousands protested Saturday in downtown Sioux Falls as part of a nationwide movement to resist President Donald Trump’s agenda, with attendees focusing on the protection of things such as abortion rights, Social Security and free trade

Full article.

Thousands gather in Sioux Falls to protest Trump’s actions • South Dakota Searchlight

Iowa Social Worker Disciplined

The Iowa Board of Behavioral Professionals has charged Dakota Funk, 33, of Independence with practicing in a professional relationship while intoxicated and under the influence of alcohol; failing to maintain sufficient, timely, and accurate documentation in client records; physically or verbally abusing a client or colleague; and being convicted of an offense that directly relates to the duties and responsibilities of the profession.

Full Article

Social worker who threatened revenge 'attack' on former colleagues faces sanctions • Iowa Capital Dispatch

Austin Metcalf; A Victim of Victim Mentality, The Truth About Black on White Assault and Murder By G.C. Stevens

And yet, another national news story has broken involving the senseless death of white person at the hands of a POC (Person of color). This trend isn't just a national tragedy, it's a clear and present danger. And it's time to speak the truth about the program of hatred and death being pushed by the democratic party, their progressive allies and rap/gang culture.

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constitutional authority:' Legal experts denounce recent injunctions against Trump

(The Center Square) – In response to multiple federal district judges temporarily halting President Donald Trump’s executive actions, Republicans are taking legislative steps to curtail or even eliminate the use of universal injunctions.

Multiple district judges have recently slapped preliminary injunctions on Trump’s rapid-fire government reforms in response to lawsuits filed in district courts. The nationwide injunctions have raised questions on whether judges should be able to grant relief to parties not included in a case.

During a Wednesday hearing held by the Senate Judiciary Committee, Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and other Republicans maintained that federal district judges are overstepping their judicial authority when issuing nationwide edicts against legal executive actions.

Full Article from the "Center Square"

'No constitutional authority:' Legal experts denounce recent injunctions against Trump | National | thecentersquare.com

Tariffs may drive auto premiums even higher after major rate inflation in 2024


(The Center Square) – Tariffs could drive auto insurance rates up an additional 18% in Illinois after inflation provoked a similar increase in 2024, according to a new report by Insurify. 

Insurify data journalist Matt Brannon said estimates could change depending on which tariffs are actually imposed. He said the report considered Mexico and Canada tariffs, steel and aluminum tariffs, and tariffs which are expected to take effect on cars and auto parts.

Full Article at The Center Square

Tariffs may drive auto premiums even higher after major rate inflation in 2024 | Illinois | thecentersquare.com

Op-Ed: Gov. Kim Reynolds and fiscal conservative lessons from the Heartland

“I’ll get right to the point: Iowa was doing DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) before DOGE was a thing,” stated Gov. Kim Reynolds in her testimony before the House Oversight Committee and Government Reform. The Oversight Committee was hearing testimony on “rightsizing government.”
Full Article at 

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says USDA plans to assist farmers with tariff backlash

USDA provided farmers more than $23 billion in federal subsidies during Trump’s first term to help offset economic impacts of tariffs


COLFAX, Iowa – As U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins toured Iowa agricultural facilities Monday, she said the U.S. Department of Agriculture is prepared to support farmers while tariffs go into place.

President Donald Trump announced plans Sunday to impose “reciprocal tariffs” on countries that have their own tariffs set on U.S. products, set to officially roll out April 2. While earlier statements from members of the Trump administration said the tariffs focus on 10 to 15 countries with large trade imbalances, the president said Sunday the tariffs will encompass all countries that charge fees for U.S. exports.

Full article Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says USDA plans to assist farmers with tariff backlash • Idaho Capital Sun


Supreme Court allows Trump administration to cancel millions in DEI grants

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled the Trump administration can cut $65 million awarded to schools for diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

Full Article 


House committees: New questions emerge about Democrat fundraising platform ActBlue

(The Center Square) – A congressional investigation into online Democratic campaign contribution platform ActBlue is ongoing, with a new report from joint interim staff and a letter to the organization’s CEO requesting additional documents.

The platform aroused Republican suspicions leading up to the 2024 presidential election, with some elected officials raising concerns that Democrats might be using the platform to circumvent campaign finance laws. 



Judge blocks Trump’s plan for industrial fish farming in the Gulf

President Donald Trump’s first-term push to open the Gulf of Mexico and other federal waters to fish farming has come to a halt in the early days of his second term. 

A federal judge in Washington state ruled against a nationwide aquaculture permit the Trump administration sought in 2020. The wide-ranging permit would have allowed the first offshore farms in the Gulf and the likely expansion of the aquaculture industry into federally managed waters on the East and West coasts. 


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