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Friday, December 1st, 2023

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Sen. Joni Ernst was choking on food during a luncheon when fellow Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky performed the Heimlich maneuver on her. A second lawsuit has been filed against Iowa’s law banning books with sexual content from school libraries. Plus, we hear about a federal program that’s working to connect farms with food pantries to prevent wasting food.