Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CST

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A prominent Republican attorney is seeking to remove three members from the judicial nominating commission that will recommend finalists for vacancies on the Iowa Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. If successful, the challenge by lawyer Bill Gustoff would sideline three experienced attorneys from the process to recommend replacements for Justice Daryl Hecht and Court of Appeals Chief Judge David Danilson. The impact could tip the balance of power to the eight Republicans appointed to the panel.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Two deep-pocketed Democrats are visiting early presidential primary states, stoking speculation about whether they will run for president in 2020. Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former New York City mayor, was in Iowa on Tuesday talking about climate change. Billionaire investor Tom Steyer held a roundtable discussion focused on voting rights in South Carolina, the nation’s first Southern primary state.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Kim Reynolds says the Federal Emergency Management Agency has again rejected a disaster assistance request for victims of tornadoes that hit Marshall and Polk counties last summer. Reynolds’ office announced Tuesday that FEMA had denied her appeal of the agency’s earlier rejection of individual disaster assistance stemming from the July 19 tornadoes. The assistance would have helped homeowners, renters and businesses in the two counties. The counties are eligible for other kinds of help.

NEW HAMPTON, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man has been sentenced to life in prison for the death of his infant son who was found in a maggot-infested baby swing. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports Zachary Paul Koehn was sentenced Tuesday to the life sentence without parole. Koehn was convicted earlier of first-degree murder in the 2017 death of 4-month-old Sterling Koehn. An autopsy showed he’d died of malnutrition, dehydration and an E. coli infection caused by being left in a maggot-infested diaper.