Great Plains Lookahead Digest
AP News Digest – Great Plains
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IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–REPUBLICANS-TOWN HALLS
Republicans in the toughest swing districts become hard to find for people angry about Trump
SUMMARY: Republican members of Congress have gone to great lengths to avoid public meetings with their constituents over their two-week Easter recess. Nationwide, Republicans hosted only a handful of in-person town halls during the congressional break. The most vulnerable House Republicans were especially shielded from public view. Some didn’t answer their office phones for days. None of them, a collection of swing-district conservatives from across states like Colorado, California, Iowa and Pennsylvania, hosted in-person events that were open to the public. Just one planned a telephone town hall. Others favored smaller invitation-only gatherings with local officials promoted only after they were over.
WORDS: 1352 – MOVED: 04/27/2025 2:24 p.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:de45284c77fbc54a13c7090f75994674&mediaType=text
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MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS
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BBO–TWINS-GUARDIANS
DESCRIPTION: Minnesota plays Cleveland at Progressive Field. 150 words, more on merit.
UPCOMING: By 04/28/2025 5:10 p.m. CDT, Text
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MINNESOTA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–TRUMP COLUMBUS DAY
Trump says Columbus Day will now just be Columbus Day
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump says he is bringing back Columbus Day. The holiday was first designated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1934 and is celebrated the second Monday in October. President Joe Biden issued annual proclamations also designating it as Indigenous People’s Day. Though it was still technically Columbus Day, Trump in a post on his Truth Social site Sunday said he’d only use the day’s original name. The holiday was first designated partly to appeal to voters of Italian heritage and Trump said he was restoring the day partly for Italians.
WORDS: 469 – MOVED: 04/27/2025 2:48 p.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:ee34f1873a9af8ea85ac732b9edf82fc&mediaType=text
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MISSOURI – UPCOMING – NEWS
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US-MED–FOOD DYES
DESCRIPTION: As pressure grows to get artificial colors out of the U.S. food supply, Sensient Colors, a St. Louis dye maker, is helping companies make the shift to natural hues.
UPCOMING: By 04/28/2025 12:00 a.m. CDT, Video, DigitalPlans, Photo, Text
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MISSOURI – UPCOMING – SPORTS
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BBO–CARDINALS-REDS
DESCRIPTION: St. Louis plays Cincinnati at Great American Ball Park. 150 words, more on merit.
UPCOMING: By 04/28/2025 5:40 p.m. CDT, Text
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NEBRASKA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–REPUBLICANS-TOWN HALLS
Republicans in the toughest swing districts become hard to find for people angry about Trump
SUMMARY: Republican members of Congress have gone to great lengths to avoid public meetings with their constituents over their two-week Easter recess. Nationwide, Republicans hosted only a handful of in-person town halls during the congressional break. The most vulnerable House Republicans were especially shielded from public view. Some didn’t answer their office phones for days. None of them, a collection of swing-district conservatives from across states like Colorado, California, Iowa and Pennsylvania, hosted in-person events that were open to the public. Just one planned a telephone town hall. Others favored smaller invitation-only gatherings with local officials promoted only after they were over.
WORDS: 1352 – MOVED: 04/27/2025 2:24 p.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:de45284c77fbc54a13c7090f75994674&mediaType=text
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NORTH DAKOTA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–TRUMP COLUMBUS DAY
Trump says Columbus Day will now just be Columbus Day
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump says he is bringing back Columbus Day. The holiday was first designated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1934 and is celebrated the second Monday in October. President Joe Biden issued annual proclamations also designating it as Indigenous People’s Day. Though it was still technically Columbus Day, Trump in a post on his Truth Social site Sunday said he’d only use the day’s original name. The holiday was first designated partly to appeal to voters of Italian heritage and Trump said he was restoring the day partly for Italians.
WORDS: 469 – MOVED: 04/27/2025 2:48 p.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:ee34f1873a9af8ea85ac732b9edf82fc&mediaType=text
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OKLAHOMA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–TRUMP COLUMBUS DAY
Trump says Columbus Day will now just be Columbus Day
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump says he is bringing back Columbus Day. The holiday was first designated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1934 and is celebrated the second Monday in October. President Joe Biden issued annual proclamations also designating it as Indigenous People’s Day. Though it was still technically Columbus Day, Trump in a post on his Truth Social site Sunday said he’d only use the day’s original name. The holiday was first designated partly to appeal to voters of Italian heritage and Trump said he was restoring the day partly for Italians.
WORDS: 469 – MOVED: 04/27/2025 2:48 p.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:ee34f1873a9af8ea85ac732b9edf82fc&mediaType=text
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SOUTH DAKOTA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–TRUMP COLUMBUS DAY
Trump says Columbus Day will now just be Columbus Day
SUMMARY: President Donald Trump says he is bringing back Columbus Day. The holiday was first designated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1934 and is celebrated the second Monday in October. President Joe Biden issued annual proclamations also designating it as Indigenous People’s Day. Though it was still technically Columbus Day, Trump in a post on his Truth Social site Sunday said he’d only use the day’s original name. The holiday was first designated partly to appeal to voters of Italian heritage and Trump said he was restoring the day partly for Italians.
WORDS: 469 – MOVED: 04/27/2025 2:48 p.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:ee34f1873a9af8ea85ac732b9edf82fc&mediaType=text
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US–HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY ROBBED
Suspect arrested in Homeland Security Secretary Noem’s purse theft
SUMMARY: Officials say a suspect has been arrested in connection with last week’s theft of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s purse as she ate at a Washington, D.C., restaurant. Noem’s purse was nabbed on Easter Sunday and reportedly contained about $3,000 in cash, her keys, driver’s license, passport and Homeland Security badge. The department said Noem had cash in her purse to pay for gifts, dinner and other activities for her family on Easter. The Secret Service says the suspect was taken into custody without incident in Washington, D.C. It calls the suspect a “serial offender.”
WORDS: 365 – MOVED: 04/27/2025 2:36 p.m. CDT
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