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☆ US newspaper giant pauses AI-written articles after social media mockery
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Gannett has paused the use of AI to write sports articles after readers pushed back. AdvertisementAdvertisementA US newspaper giant has paused the use of AI to write articles after they were savagely mocked on social media. A spokesperson for Gannett confirmed to Insider that the company had paused the use of LedeAI tools to write articles, a move initially reported by Axios. Some of its AI-generated articles were mocked on social media for their repetition and jarring cliches. In April, Insider's global editor-in-chief Nicholas Carlson said the company would start using AI to generate outlines for stories and craft headlines, for example.

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☆ Miami Mayor Francis Suarez suspends presidential campaign after failing to qualify for debates
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Francis Suarez, mayor of Miami and 2024 Republican presidential candidate, speaks at the Des Moines Register political soapbox during the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez announced Tuesday he is suspending his presidential campaign, making him the first Republican primary candidate to drop out of the race. The longshot candidate's decision came less than a week after he failed to qualify for the first GOP primary debate in Milwaukee. "I will continue to amplify the voices of the Hispanic community - the fastest-growing voting group in our country," Suarez said in Tuesday's post. Suarez had pulled out at all the stops to meet the Republican National committee's qualifications for the first primary debate.

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☆ Trump seeks to steer attention away from first 2024 GOP debate as rivals make final preparations for Milwaukee
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

As his rivals prepare for the two-hour showdown on Fox News, Trump’s campaign is attempting to counter-program the debate. But Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. and other surrogates planned to travel to Milwaukee, where they would have had opportunities to weigh in on national broadcasts before and after the debate in the spin room. Ahead of the debate, some candidates are offering previews of their lines of attack – including criticizing Trump for choosing not to participate. “Every one of us who have qualified for that debate stage ought to be on the stage willing to square off and answer those tough questions,” Pence said. Overall, 42% say Trump is their first choice, followed by 19% supporting DeSantis.

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☆ Trump holds big lead in new Iowa poll, but DeSantis and Scott see paths to victory
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Charlie Neibergall, Meg Kinnard | APFormer President Donald Trump holds a double-digit lead over his closest rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in a major new poll of likely Republican caucusgoers in Iowa released Monday. Trump garnered the support of 42% of respondents, while DeSantis came in second with 19%. In an overture to Iowa voters, Trump also asserted without evidence that he "saved" ethanol and popular entitlement programs. While Trump and DeSantis share a similar overall approval in the state — 63% for Trump and 61% for DeSantis — the Florida governor's support appears to be much shakier than the former president's.

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☆ Iowa Republican caucus-goers love Trump more than ever, even after he attacked their governor: poll
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump holds a commanding lead in a new poll of likely Iowa caucus-goers. A new Register/NBC News/Mediacom Iowa Poll found that Trump is viewed favorably by 65% of likely GOP caucus-goers and unfavorably by 33%. A whopping 81% of likely caucus-goers view her favorably, including 50% who view her very favorably. A majority (52%) of likely caucus-goers said they could still be persuaded to support another candidate. The Iowa Poll was conducted Aug. 13-17, 2023 by telephone.

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☆ Would a conviction sink Trump? These Republicans are convinced
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The question alarming many Trump-skeptical Republicans this week is whether Americans would ever send a convict to the White House. Sununu dismissed national polls that show Trump’s support among Republicans well over 50% and said to look at polling in early contest states. A new poll in Iowa by the Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom suggests Trump has the support of 42% of likely Republican caucusgoers. Opposing views of Trump’s supportCNN’s Harry Enten looked at that Iowa poll and argues that much of Trump’s support is committed. Two-thirds of the likely caucusgoers who say they will support Trump also say their mind is made up.

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☆ Trump Dominates in New Iowa Poll
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Anjali Huynh | More About Anjali Huynh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Former President Donald J. Trump leads his closest rival by double digits in a poll of likely Iowa caucusgoers released Monday, a showing that demonstrates both his continued political dominance and the remarkable stability of the Republican race. That survey found Mr. Trump with 44 percent support among likely Iowa G.O.P. caucusgoers, Mr. DeSantis with 20 percent support and Mr. Scott with 9 percent. Other rivals who showed single-digit support in the Times/Siena poll have been unable to improve their positions, according to the poll released Monday. This year’s contest is seen as the best chance for Republicans to slow Mr. Trump on his way to the nomination.

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☆ Trump has commanding lead in Iowa ahead of 2024 Republican caucus - poll
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom survey of likely Iowa Republican caucusgoers shows Trump has the backing of 42%, with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at 19% and U.S. Among Trump supporters, however, 66% said their vote was set, while 34% said they could be persuaded to change their minds. The poll found 65% of likely Republican caucusgoers didn't think Trump had committed serious crimes, compared with the 26% who believed he had. The survey came ahead of Wednesday's first Republican primary debate, which Trump has said he will skip, citing his large lead in polls. A national CBS poll on Sunday showed Trump was the preferred candidate for 62% of Republican voters, with DeSantis trailing behind at 16%.

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NBC News will partner with the Des Moines Register and Mediacom for "The Iowa Poll" in the lead-up to the 2024 presidential caucuses in the state. The partners will work with Selzer & Company pollster J. Ann Selzer to develop questions. “The 2024 presidential election is well under way and it’s critical to capture the thinking of the electorate at every stage of the cycle,” NBC News’ Senior Vice President of Politics, Carrie Budoff Brown, said. “The Iowa Poll has a storied history of setting the stage for the presidential election cycle,” Carol Hunter, executive editor of the Des Moines Register, added. “We are excited to join forces with NBC News and our longtime partners Selzer & Company and Mediacom to bring Iowans and the nation impactful information about the thinking of likely participants ahead of the 2024 Iowa caucuses.”

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☆ These 9 Florida Republicans are coming to Iowa with Trump in an effort to troll DeSantis
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Nine Florida lawmakers will join Trump at the Iowa State Fair. This is just the latest way Trump has found to needle the Florida governor. The Iowa State Fair is a major event for presidential hopefuls, who often flip pork chops and gawk at the butter cow alongside Iowans and throngs of journalists. Trump previously raised eyebrows at 2015 State Fair when he offered children free helicopter rides. A representatives for DeSantis' campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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☆ Former GOP congressman Will Hurd gets booed off stage for saying Trump 'is running to stay out of prison'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former congressman Will Hurd was effectively booed off stage for criticizing Trump. The crowd made clear their displeasure with Hurd's claim that Trump 'is running to stay out of prison." "Donald Trump is not running for president to represent people that voted for him in 2016 and 2020," Hurd said. "Donald Trump is running to stay out of prison." Hurd is not expected to qualify for the first Republican presidential primary debate next month, which requires candidates to meet polling and donation thresholds.

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Weeks later, Mr. Trump is the former President Trump. Instead, in a brief televised address shortly before 2:30 a.m., Mr. Trump furiously laid down his postelection lie. For weeks, Mr. Trump had been peppering him with tips of fraud that, upon investigation by federal authorities, proved baseless. The cavalry “is coming, Mr. President,” Kylie Kremer tweeted to Mr. Trump on Dec. 19. On Jan. 15, Mr. Trump acquiesced to an Oval Office meeting with Mr. Lindell, who arrived with two sets of documents.

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☆ Ron DeSantis said he'd consider Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds as a running mate but when asked about it, she said she's 'busy'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ron DeSantis said he'd consider Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds as a potential running mate. Kim Reynolds as a potential running mate if he wins the Republican nomination. In addition to suggesting her as a potential running mate, DeSantis criticized Trump for his recent attacks on Reynolds. "I thought the attacks on her were totally, totally out of hand and totally unnecessary."

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"My kids — they like the Blizzards," DeSantis said, as he ordered one for himself. "They like cones, too, but that gets very messy in the car, so we try to stay away from that." Trump had visited the fast food chain and seemed unfamiliar with the famous ice cream treat, asking "What the hell is a Blizzard?" DeSantis, flanked by Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig, also used the campaign stop to praise the state's governor, Republican Kim Reynolds, shortly before she signed a six-week abortion ban into law. "She’s done so much, over so many different issues, to make this one of the best-governed states in the country," DeSantis told reporters.

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☆ Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs 6-week abortion ban into law
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Shania Shelton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law Friday that bans most abortions in the state as early as six weeks into pregnancy. But it is already facing a legal challenge after a group of abortion providers in the state filed a suit to try and stop the law. Protestors fill the Iowa State Capitol rotunda, as the Iowa Legislature convenes for special session to pass 6-week 'fetal heartbeat' abortion ban Tuesday, July 11, 2023. National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison called the ban the “latest show of abortion extremism from MAGA Republicans.”“Governor Kim Reynolds just signed a cruel abortion ban into law among a crowd of extremists who cheered as Iowan women’s abortion rights were stripped away,” Harrison said in a statement Friday. Meanwhile, anti-abortion groups, including National Right to Life and Iowa Right to Life, praised Reynolds and the law’s supporters in the state legislature for the abortion ban.

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☆ Iowa Republicans jam through near-complete 6-week abortion ban in last-minute special session
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Iowa Republicans strong-armed a near-complete ban on abortions after 6 weeks to passage. Kim Reynolds, who called for the special session, has pledged to quickly sign the ban into law. "This bill protects unborn children in Iowa," Republican state- Rep. Shannon Lundgren said, The Des Moines Register reported. Opponents are expected to once again take the fight to state court. The US Supreme Court's landmark ruling overturning Roe v. Wade opened the door to proposals such as Iowa's near-complete 6-week ban.

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☆ Tenants who lived in an Iowa building predicted it would collapse before it did, source says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Kelsey Neubauer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A historic building in Davenport, Iowa collapsed Sunday. Tenants predicted the building would collapse as far back as last year, according to local reports. "The tenants told us the building was going to collapse," Jennifer Smith, owner of Fourth Street Nutrition — a shop located on the bottom floor of the complex — told The Des Moines Register. She's not alone: other residents told the Register there were many structural problems in the building that the landlord never properly addressed. In that case, too, residents and local officials had noticed structural issues with the building before it collapsed.

☆ Wind energy has a massive waste problem. New technologies may be a step closer to solving it
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

It’s a problem that’s vexed the wind energy industry and provided fodder for those who seek to discredit wind power. But in February, Danish wind company Vestas said it had cracked the problem. It announced a “breakthrough solution” that would allow wind turbine blades to be recycled without needing to change their design or materials. Wind energy has been growing at a fast pace. It is the world’s leading renewable energy technology behind hydropower, and plays a vital role in helping countries move away from fossil fuel energy, which pumps out planet-heating pollution.

☆ Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill rolling back child labor laws in response to business owner complaints over labor shortages. Iowa's unemployment rate was under 3% last month.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill rolling back child labor protections. The bill is one of many targeting child labor laws across the nation, signed largely by GOP governors. Businesses have increasingly reported labor shortages since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed over 1,127,000 Americans since 2020, according to the World Health Organization. The Iowa Governor's decision to roll back child labor laws is an apparent response to business owners who say they cannot find enough workers. Arkansas' unemployment rate was 2.8%, New Hampshire's was 2.1%, and New Jersey's was 3.5% — the only state that has recently rolled back child labor protections with a higher average than the nationwide 3.4% unemployment rate.

Trump won 76% of the white evangelical vote in 2020, down from 80% in 2016, according to Edison Research exit polls. In a March poll, Trump edged DeSantis among evangelicals in a two-way matchup 51% to 42%, a nine-point improvement for Trump from the month before. The gathering is traditionally an important stop for Republican presidential candidates, although this year DeSantis, who was invited, will not be going. Vander Plaats said evangelicals will consider whether Trump can prevail next year after losing the 2020 election to President Joe Biden. “I don’t think President Trump is a principled man -- I think he was a great president,” Ascol said.

☆ Iowa Republicans voted just before 5 a.m. to roll back child labor laws, letting teens work on packaging lines and serve alcohol
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Iowa Senate voted just before 5 a.m. to pass a bill that would roll back child labor laws. The bill, if passed by the House, would allow teens to work longer hours and serve alcohol. A state labor leader told Insider he thought the bill's early-morning passage was a "disgrace." The bill passed 32-17 before 5 a.m. local time on Tuesday with two Republicans — Sens. In addition to rolling back child labor laws, Republicans in the state have voted to restrict SNAP food benefits.

☆ Iowa's GOP AG has stopped funding for emergency contraception and abortion for victims of sexual assault, say reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Iowa AG Office has paused funding emergency contraception and abortion for victims of sexual assault. The Iowa decison comes as abortion access across the US may become even more inaccessible. Under Iowa's previous Democrat attorney general, Tom Miller, the state provided funding for Plan B – the emergency contraceptive pill – and in rare cases, paid for abortions. However, it was announced on Saturday that Republican Attorney General Brenna Bird, elected last fall, had decided to pause the funding. JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty ImagesThe move comes as abortion access across the US may become even more inaccessible.

☆ Analysis: Trump, DeSantis offer stark contrast in first Iowa forays
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( James Oliphant | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/2] Former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on education as he holds a campaign rally with supporters, in Davenport, Iowa, U.S. March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstDAVENPORT, Iowa, March 14 (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis descended upon the same Iowa town in recent days, putting the differences between the potential Republican presidential rivals in stark relief. "I don't think you're going to do so well here," Trump said of DeSantis, "but we're going to find out." Leaving Trump's event, Iowa City voter John Schneider, 69, said he has supported Trump in the past but now will be eyeing DeSantis and other potential contenders as they barnstorm the state in the coming months. Reporting by James Oliphant in Davenport, Iowa Editing by Colleen Jenkins and Alistair BellOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Trump concedes DeSantis is his biggest rival and says he regrets endorsing him for governor: 'I don't think it's nice'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trump told reporters that it would be disloyal for DeSantis to run for president in 2024. Trump said he regretted endorsing DeSantis in 2018, noting his backing helped him win. Speaking to a group of reporters aboard his plane Monday, Trump conceded that DeSantis was "probably" his biggest rival, and said he regretted endorsing him for governor in 2018. "And in the process, we beat the left day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year." Trump and DeSantis have roughly the same favorability among Iowans, according to a Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll released Friday.

☆ DeSantis makes Iowa debut as Trump waits in wings
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( James Oliphant | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Iowa could be particularly crucial for DeSantis, who is expected to jump into the 2024 White House race later in the spring. Addressing a welcoming crowd at a casino in Davenport, Iowa, DeSantis boasted about his policy record in Florida and blasted the Democratic Biden administration on issues such as crime and immigration. Craig Robinson, a former political director of the Iowa Republican Party, believes Iowa voters are eager to hear from DeSantis, who polls show to be Trump's biggest rival for the nomination. Randy Yaddof, 71, of Davenport described himself as a Trump supporter but said after listening to DeSantis he was considering backing the Florida governor. A Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll released on Friday showed declining favorability ratings for Trump among Iowa Republicans.

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