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EPISODE · Aug 5, 2025 · 29 MIN

U Iowa targeted over DEI; Trump dings Grassley; Feenstra a no-show

from KHOI's Capitol Week · host Laura Belin, Spencer Dirks

Laura Belin and Spencer Dirks began with the Fox News "undercover" video that sparked an investigation into the University of Iowa's DEI practices, a spat between President Trump and Senator Chuck Grassley, some partisan Senate confirmation votes, and Senator Joni Ernst opposing a ban on individual stock trading by members of Congress. Other topics covered: a forum featuring three Republicans running for governor (but not Randy Feenstra), more candidates likely to run for governor or U.S. Senate, a sporting event disrupted by Iowa's dirty water, a new Iowa House majority leader, early enforcement of Iowa's new hands-free driving law, corporate lobbying for a pesticide immunity bill, a new job for a former GOP legislator, and the one-year anniversary of the state's near-total abortion ban.

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