The U.S. Capitol on the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, just hours before a federal government shutdown. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)

The nominees for Iowa’s two open U.S. attorney positions were approved by the U.S. Senate Tuesday as a part of a bloc of 107 of President Donald Trump’s picks to fill judicial and administrative openings.

Leif Olson was approved to become the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Iowa and David Waterman as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Iowa as part of the nominations package, passed along party lines in a 51-47 vote. U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley celebrated the successful approval of Olson and Waterman to these positions in a statement Tuesday.

“After months of unprecedented Democrat obstruction, Republicans successfully c

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