President Trump dropped a lawsuit in federal court on Monday against the Des Moines Register and pollster Ann Selzer, and refiled it in state court. The legal maneuver comes after Trump suffered an adverse ruling in federal court.

President Donald Trump has dropped his lawsuit against the Des Moines Register and pollster Ann Selzer over their poll published three days before the 2024 election that showed then-Vice President Kamala Harris was beating the Republican nominee in Iowa.

The president sued pollster J. Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register over a poll showing Kamala Harris leading in Iowa, a state he won, before the 2024 election.