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Ryan Hanrahan, “U.S. Farm Bankruptcies Increased 46% in 2025,” Farm Policy News, February 10, 2026, https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2026/02/u-s-farm-bankruptcies-increased-46-in-2025/

Rob Sand for Iowa, “Iowa Falls to Fiftieth in Economic Growth — Worst in the Nation,” River Cities Re@der, January 12, 2026, https://www.rcreader.com/news-releases/iowa-falls-fiftieth-economic-growth-%E2%80%94-worst-nation

“What Countries Has Trump Attacked Since Returning to Office?,” The Business Standard, March 2026, https://www.tbsnews.net/world/what-countries-has-trump-attacked-returning-office-1374471

Senator Chuck Grassley, “Today, Senator Grassley and the entire Iowa delegation attended the solemn transfer of remains,” Facebook.com, March 7, 2026, https://www.facebook.com/grassley/posts/today-senator-grassley-and-the-entire-iowa-delegation-attended-the-solemn-transf/1481574923337278/

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“A Timeline of Trump’s Immigration Crackdown in Minnesota,” PBS News, February 13, 2026, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/a-timeline-of-trumps-immigration-crackdown-in-minnesota

Des Moines Register (@DMRegister), “Ashley Hinson says she stands with ICE after Minneapolis shooting,” X (Formerly Twitter), January 9, 2026, 12:00 pm, https://x.com/DMRegister/status/2009686638037807289

Quiver Congress Radar, “Press Release: Hinson and GOP Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Double Penalties for Assaulting ICE Agents,” Quiver Quantitative, September 3, 2025, https://www.quiverquant.com/news/Press+Release:+Hinson+and+GOP+Colleagues+Introduce+Legislation+to+Double+Penalties+for+Assaulting+ICE+Agents

Ashley Hinson, “Government Oversight and Accountability,” Representative Ashley Hinson, January 4, 2021, https://hinson.house.gov/issues/government-oversight-and-accountability

Sahil Kapur, “Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Will Add $3.4 Trillion to the Debt, CBO Says,” NBC News, July 21, 2025, https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-add-3-trillion-debt-cbo-says-rcna220004

Nick Lichtenberg, “The National Debt Just Crossed $39 Trillion—Almost Doubling since Trump Vowed to Erase It,” Fortune, March 18, 2026, https://fortune.com/2026/03/18/how-big-national-debt-39-trillion-trump-promises/

Margot Sanger-Katz, et al., “The War in Iran Has Cost $25 Billion so Far. Is That a Lot?,” The New York Times, April 30, 2026, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/04/29/upshot/iran-war-cost-comparison.html

Madeline Halpert, “White House Seeks $200bn in Military Funding in Wake of Iran War,” BBC, March 19, 2026, https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y73gwk1qdo

Joseph Stepansky, “Trump Seeks Historic $1.5 Trillion for Military in Congress Budget Request,” Al Jazeera, April 3, 2026, https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/3/trump-seeks-historic-1-5-trillion-for-military-in-congress-budget-request

J. Lundstrum, “Iowa Republicans Vote to Gut Medicaid, SNAP to Pay for Trump’s Tax Cuts for Billionaires - Iowa Democratic Party,” Iowa Democratic Party, May 15, 2025, https://iowademocrats.org/2025/05/15/iowa-republicans-vote-to-gut-medicaid-snap-to-pay-for-trumps-tax-cuts-for-billionaires/

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Andrew Scibetta, “Trump Administration Plans to Gut Water Protections Nationwide,” Natural Resources Defense Council, November 17, 2025, https://www.nrdc.org/press-releases/trump-administration-plans-gut-water-protections-nationwide-0

Marianne Lavelle, “EPA Hits 40-Year Lows in Staffing after Trump Targets Its Public Health Experts,” Inside Climate News, March 6, 2026, https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06032026/trump-epa-staffing-lows/

Amie Rivers, “Mathis Calls out Hinson and Reynolds over ‘Secret’ Meeting on School Vouchers,” Iowa Starting Line, May 5, 2022, https://iowastartingline.com/news/mathis-calls-out-hinson-and-reynolds-over-secret-meeting-on-school-vouchers/

Jon Valant et al., “Brown Center Scholars Reflect on Education after 1 Year of the Trump Administration,” Brookings, January 20, 2026, https://www.brookings.edu/articles/brown-center-scholars-reflect-on-education-after-1-year-of-the-trump-administration/

Don Clarendon, “FCC’s Brendan Carr Claims Trump Is Winning against ‘Fake News Media,’” TV Insider, March 28, 2026, https://www.tvinsider.com/1 254737/brendan-carr-donald-trump-winning-fake-news-media/

“How Every House Member Voted on $9 Billion in Proposed Spending Cuts,” The New York Times, June 12, 2025, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/12/us/house-rescissions-vote.html

Dylan Rolfsen, "Derangement Syndrome": Rep. Ashley Hinson Responds to Dem Claims That Defunding NPR Would ‘Devastate’ Rural Communities,” FOX News Radio, July 17, 2025, https://radio.foxnews.com/2025/07/17/ashley-hinson-dems-npr/

Zachary Oren Smith, “5 Ways Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Would Change Life in Iowa,” Iowa Starting Line, June 30, 2025, https://iowastartingline.com/2025/06/30/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-iowa-impact/

Terra Hernandez, “New: Three More Hospitals at Risk of Closing in Iowa Thanks to D.C. Republicans Gutting Medicaid,” Iowa Democratic Party, March 31, 2026, https://iowademocrats.org/2026/03/31/new-three-more-hospitals-at-risk-of-closing-in-iowa-thanks-to-d-c-republicans-gutting-medicaid/

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Sophie Tanno and Samantha Waldenberg, “US Will Take Greenland the ‘Hard Way’ If It Can’t Do It the ‘Easy Way,’ Trump Says,” CNN, January 10, 2026, https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/10/politics/us-will-take-greenland-the-hard-way-if-it-cant-do-it-the-easy-way-trump-says

Haley Ott, “Trump Leaves NATO Allies ‘Dumbfounded’ and ‘Disgusted’ with Remarks Dismissing Sacrifices in Afghanistan,” CBS News.com, January 23, 2026, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-nato-allies-disgusted-and-outraged-over-remarks-afghanistan-war

Matthew Mpoke Bigg, “Trump Falsely Suggests Ukraine Is to Blame for the War: What to Know,” The New York Times, February 19, 2025, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/world/europe/trump-zelensky-ukraine-comments.html

“Ashley Hinson Sides with President Trump with Her Vote to Keep Prices Sky High Today, Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson, U.S. Senate Candidate for Iowa, Voted to Keep,” Senate Majority Pac, February 13, 2026, https://senatemajority.com/news/ashley-hinson-sides-with-president-trump-with-her-vote-to-keep-prices-sky-high/

Callum Sutherland, “The Six Republicans Who Broke with Trump to Overturn His Canada Tariffs,” TIME, February 12, 2026, https://time.com/7377952/republicans-break-with-trump-to-overturn-canada-tariffs/

Ty Rushing, “Hinson Takes Credit for Infrastructure Funds She Labeled as ‘Socialist,’ Voted Against,” Iowa Starting Line, January 19, 2022, https://iowastartingline.com/2022/01/19/hinson-takes-credit-for-infrastructure-funds-she-labeled-as-socialist-voted-against/

Laura Belin, “Iowa Republicans Spread FEMA Lies to Pit Voters against Migrants,” Bleeding Heartland, October 11, 2024, https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2024/10/11/iowa-republicans-spread-fema-lies-to-pit-voters-against-migrants/

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, “‘Stop Lying’: Voters Erupt at GOP Lawmaker’s Shocking Claim on Economy,” Yahoo News, August 28, 2025, https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/stop-lying-voters-erupt-gop-144544776.html?guccounter=1

Ashley Hinson (@RepAshleyHinson), “There should be full accountability at the University of Iowa after an employee admitted that she and others at the university are skirting both Iowa & federal law,” X (Formerly Twitter). July 30, 2025, 8:07 am, https://x.com/RepAshleyHinson/status/1950543895391027546

Brianne Pfannenstiel, “Rep. Ashley Hinson on Elon Musk’s DOGE: ‘This Is Exactly What the Federal Government Needs,’” Yahoo News, February 6, 2025, https://www.yahoo.com/news/rep-ashley-hinson-elon-musks-195029073.html

Cindy Murphy-Tofig, “How the Trump Administration’s DOGE Cuts Are Harming Women,” Center for American Progress, June 9, 2025, https://www.americanprogress.org/article/how-the-trump-administrations-doge-cuts-are-harming-women

“The 39 House Republicans Who Voted for the Same-Sex Marriage Bill,” The New York Times, December 8, 2022, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/08/us/politics/republicans-who-voted-same-sex-marriage.html

Paul Steinhauser,  “Trump Endorses Hinson in 2026 Race to Keep Key Senate Seat Red,” Fox News, September 5, 2025, https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-endorses-hinson-2026-race-keep-key-senate-seat-red

Sarah Gonzalez, et al., “How Much Money President Trump and His Family Have Made: Planet Money,” NPR, January 14, 2026, https://www.npr.org/2026/01/14/nx-s1-5677024/trump-profits-merch-hotels-crypto