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Good Morning! Today is Friday, April 25th, the 115th day of 2025. There are 250 days left in the year.

Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… a live conversation with Spencer Morrison, author of “Reshore: How Tariffs Will Bring Our Jobs Home and Revive the American Dream”… Nicole Neily, acting executive director of Speech First, will join us live to discuss the group’s new report on DEI and U.S. medical schools… Justin Woo of The64 will talk about their high school mascot challenge… and segments from the new “Townhall Review” with Hugh Hewitt.

On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … Donald Wilkie, author of “Freedom Revealed: A Simple Elegant System”… a live conversation with Phil Smith, national field director of the Concord Coalition on an event in Iowa City… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Wes Ehrecke, former CEO of the Iowa Gaming Association… Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation… and segments from Todd Starnes’ special broadcast from the White House on Wednesday.

Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood  is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.

“Retirements”  is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.

Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day:  “Given safety concerns, should President Trump attend the Pope’s funeral Saturday?” Weigh in at kxel.com/poll.

Scroll down for today’s KXEL Morning News summary…and as always, contact us via email (kxel@kxel.com) or text (319-235-1540).

Make the most of your day!