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A federal court will rule for a second time on whether Iowa law can ban all books with sexual content from school libraries and prohibit teaching LGBTQ material in kindergarten through sixth grade.

A free speech legal nonprofit is defending Ann Selzer and her polling company, Selzer & Company, pro-bono in a case brought by President-elect Donald Trump. The suit claims that results from the Iowa Poll in the days leading up to the election were a form of "brazen election interference."

Long-time Des Moines resident Dr. Ahmad Yasser Al-Shash recalled the warning signs of authoritarianism as Hafez al-Assad rose to power shortly before Al-Shash immigrated to the U.S.

The state of Iowa argued before a federal appeals court Thursday that the state should be allowed to enforce its immigration law making illegal reentry a state crime.

Iowa’s law banning books with descriptions or images of sex acts from K-12 school libraries can take effect after a federal appeals court lifted an injunction blocking its enforcement Friday.

A federal judge ruled Monday Iowa’s immigration law making “illegal reentry” a state crime cannot be enforced because it is unconstitutional and conflicts with U.S. immigration laws.

A federal ruling is blocking enforcement of a law that forces schools to remove books with sexual content from libraries. An appeals court will decide if that injunction stays in place.

A federal judge in Des Moines said he plans to decide before July 1 whether Iowa’s immigration law making “illegal reentry” a state crime can be enforced.

Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a law that will permit the county to consolidate its services under one roof.

The U.S. Department of Justice and civil rights groups filed two lawsuits Thursday to block enforcement of a new Iowa law that would let state officials arrest and deport immigrants who are in Iowa after previously being deported or denied entry to the country.