IOWA CITY, Iowa (CNN) -- As Donald Trump and Ted Cruz battled for evangelical voters across Iowa Sunday, Cruz's star surrogate, Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson, made a forceful case to voters that the Texas senator could restore the U.S. to biblical principles and called gay marriage "evil" and "wicked."

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) _ Authorities in Sioux City are investigating an attempted abduction near a park.

DES MOINES, IOWA - Hillary Clinton held a razor-thin lead early today over Bernie Sanders in a tight battle in Iowa’s leadoff presidential caucuses as the two rivals offered Americans a stark choice between political pragmatism and revolution.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Des Moines Register on Saturday endorsed Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Democrat Hillary Clinton for their parties' presidential nominations, nine days before Iowa caucus-goers head to the polls in the first-in-the-nation voting state.

An LGBT Cambodian movie received a good response from viewers, and EuroPride refuses to be canceled despite Serbia not wanting to host the event.

This week read about Miss Nevada representing the trans community at Miss USA and the Iowa Supreme Court overruling jury in an anti-gay discrimination case.

Missouri investigates a children's hospital after a former case worker alleged the children were receiving gender-affirming care without "appropriate" mental health assessments, and Iowa introduces a bill that would penalize schools for discussing LGBT topics.

Students in Iowa protested anti-LGBT bills during an awards ceremony, and Colorado passed a bill that would require hospitals to publicize about services they do not provide.

This week read about Kristin Crowley being appointed as the next Fire Chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department, and Iowa being the 11th state to pass an anti-trans sports bill.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa lawmaker has announced a hearing to investigate allegations of inappropriate content at a conference earlier this year on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth.

DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN) -- This presidential cycle has been full of twists and turns, but there's been one constant: Conventional wisdom has been dead wrong.

Iowa Rep. Steve King vigorously defended his views on marriage, telling CNN's Chris Cuomo that promoting "natural" families is the best thing for presidential candidates to do.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The head of a gay rights organization in Iowa says a legislative oversight committee is unfairly targeting his group over programming at an annual anti-bullying youth conference.

Republican lawmakers in Iowa have introduced legislation that would amend the state’s Constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman. 

DES MOINES (AP) — The founders of a beef company who were major donors to Gov. Terry Branstad’s political campaign were among the business leaders who raised concerns about a state official whom the governor later tried to force out, according to court documents.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ Gov. Terry Branstad's budget recommendations for the upcoming fiscal year leave out direct funds for a bullying prevention office he created months ago through an executive order, and it is unclear how the office will be financially supported in the future.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad and top aides say they weren’t aware that a former state official was gay when the governor asked him to resign and cut his pay.

An Iowa man who spoke as a teenager to protect his mothers right to marriage is now running for a position the state’s senate.

(WM) An Iowa man convicted of a hate crime for tearing down and burning an LGBT flag hanging outside a Des Moines bar has been sentenced to time served.

Iowa LGBT and HIV/AIDS-help organizations celebrated a victory May 30 when Iowa Governor Terry Branstad signed an HIV Bill that will overturn the existing measures against those with HIV and AIDS.

DES MOINES (AP) | Just two more seats in the state Senate could give Iowa Republicans complete legislative control for the first time in nearly 20 years, kicking off a new era for conservative policies like tax cuts or abortion restrictions.

GRIMES, Iowa (AP) — The owners of a Grimes gift shop and bistro who refused to hold a wedding at their business for a same-sex couple have stopped holding any weddings.

DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa Western Community College is offering a pilot housing program that aims to help transgender students feel more comfortable.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A judge ruled Wednesday that two women who were legally married in Iowa can't divorce in Alabama, which doesn't recognize same-sex marriages.

The Department of Justice has signed on to assist with the prosecution in the murder case of a genderfluid high school student in Burlington, Iowa. However, the slain teen’s mother has a lot to say to the Trump administration in regards to this recent update.

JEFFERSON, Iowa (CNN) -- In the waning days before the Iowa caucuses, Ted Cruz, almost always the unflappable performer, began to grow wistful.