News Releases - 2025 Archive

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird sent a letter to the United States Department of Justice, Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, and Securities and Exchange Commission asking them to investigate small refiners that may be manipulating the Renewable Fuel Standard Program.   President Trump’s energy policy for America includes oil and...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird hears frequently from Iowans that they often find it difficult to cancel unwanted or unused subscriptions. These could be anything from online streaming services to regularly delivered dog food. Subscriptions may be marketed as free to try, but they will often auto-renew unless you cancel....

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today she is co-leading a coalition of 24 states in support of President Trump’s birthright citizenship policy.   On his first day in office, President Trump issued an executive order to stop birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants and birth tourists. Three district court judges tried...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird is reminding Iowans they can take their unused, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs to designated disposal sites during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25, 2025, from 10am to 2pm.    Having extra prescription drugs in your home can be dangerous and even...

DES MOINES—Today, Attorney General Brenna Bird announced she is leading a 21-state coalition in a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) responding to their request for information as they consider how to regulate cryptocurrencies and other digital assets.  The attorneys general are asking the SEC to carefully consider...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced that her office secured a conviction against Wakinyan Tola Freemont for Homicide by Vehicle - Operating Under the Influence, a class B felony, in Monona County, Iowa, on October 9, 2025.   On the morning of October 18, 2023, Freemont was driving a vehicle...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird led a 12-state coalition in a brief stating people trapped in gridlock traffic by pro-Hamas protestors who blocked the highway leading to Chicago’s O’Hare airport should be allowed to continue their lawsuit.   On April 15, 2024, in Chicago, protesters blocked lanes of Interstate 190 leading...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today she led a coalition of 18 states challenging a Minnesota state law that mandates allowing men to participate in women’s sports.   Many states have enacted laws that ban men from participating in women’s sports, but the state of Minnesota has done the opposite. The...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced she joined a bipartisan coalition of 34 states and the District of Columbia in a brief supporting Tennessee’s law that protects children from social media harm.   Studies continue to show that social media use leads to anxiety and depression in adolescents. In spite...

DES MOINES— In a report issued today, the Iowa Attorney General’s Office has concluded that the September 6, 2025, fatal shooting of Camryn Leroy Stonehocker by Officer Marshall Moore from the Boone Police Department was legally justified.   On September 6, 2025, at approximately 10:24 p.m., Officer Marshall Moore was conducting...