Federal cuts 2025

Staff members at Lutheran Services in Iowa were concerned that refugees would become homeless after federal funding cuts. But community donations filled the gap.

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst highlighted her relationship with President Donald Trump and called on Iowa Republicans to unite behind the party’s candidates in 2026, but she did not say if she's running for reelection.

Some programs that help low-income Iowans access healthy foods are at risk after federal SNAP-Ed funding was eliminated in the major tax and spending bill signed into law by President Donald Trump last month.

The U.S. Department of Education revised a policy where adults without legal status cannot take part in programs supported by federal funding. Those programs now includes career and technical training or classes for a high school diploma.

Starting this October, Iowa's public radio and television stations will operate without the federal support they've had for decades.

The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service announced last week that it will cut the Regional Food Business Center program, which provides grants to small and medium-sized local farm and food businesses.

A look at this week's news, including the end of a state mental health program and the potential privatization of the U.S. Postal Service.

Iowa PBS and Iowa Public Radio say their budgets will be impacted following the passage of the federal rescission package.

Across Iowa, funding cuts to the national service agency AmeriCorps ordered earlier this year by the Department of Government Efficiency are leaving gaps in nature conservation, youth education and community outreach programming. The cuts have eroded trust with the young people who sign up with AmeriCorps to serve their communities.

A new report by the Commonwealth Fund ranks Iowa's health system 18th in the nation. But experts said gains made in reducing the state's uninsured rate could be affected by federal proposals to cut health safety net programs.