DOGE Chair Joni Ernst takes on food stamps in new bill to hold states 'accountable'
Sen. Joni Ernst, the chair of the DOGE caucus, is rolling out a new bill that targets excess disbursements in the "food stamp ...
Was Kari Lake the Trump card that strongarmed Sen. Joni Ernst? | Opinion
An event for Kari Lake in Iowa was conveniently canceled after wayward Sen. Joni Ernst voted to confirm Trump's Defense ...
Ernst says DOGE initiative isn’t a ‘passing fancy’
“What I want people to recognize in the thought of government efficiency and DOGE is that this is not a passing fancy,” Ernst ...
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Beagle Brigade Act officially establishes USDA’s National Detector Dog training Center
A bipartisan piece of legislation led by Iowa Senator Joni Ernst (R) officially established the USDA's National Detector Dog ...
Donald Trump supporter Kari Lake postpones Iowa homecoming for MAGA event
Lake's homecoming to the state initially came as Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, faced intense backlash from President Donald Trump ...
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Joni Ernst claims 'vacation' is over for federal employees working remotely
Ernst said federal employees have "abused" telework policies that were initiated during the COVID-19 pandemic, and claimed it ...
How key Republican senators are responding to Trump allies' primary threats
Allies of President Donald Trump have been quick to threaten primary challengers for Republican senators who don’t back Trump ...
Iowa Republicans get 'Sarah's Law' honoring Sarah Root included in Laken Riley Act
The Iowans’ push stems from the 2016 death of Sarah Root, a Council Bluffs resident who was killed by an undocumented ...
Defense Department, NIH collaborating on ‘cruel’ dog experiments with ‘problematic’ Chinese labs, GOP lawmakers and watchdog say
Pharmaron, a Chinese biotech firm, is currently using hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to test pharmaceuticals on up ...
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Mascot mess: Ernst challenges federal agencies to nix their dress-up characters
To Sen. Joni Ernst, the answer is a resounding ‘No.” Ms. Ernst, Iowa Republican, has written legislation that would order federal agencies to cut out the mascots. For good measure, she also ...
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Iowa's US Sen. Joni Ernst will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense
Iowa's Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Tuesday she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to lead the U.S. Department of Defense, ending weeks of speculation about whether she would stand in ...