Only Congress can stop payments or shut down agencies, but Iowa’s delegation is OK with ignoring the Constitution, writes the ...

Turning a blind eye to Hegseth's disqualifications demonstrates that all Ernst really expects of him are similar face-saving shams. Joni, Hegseth needs therapy, not a cabinet position. Thomas Walsh ...

Sen. Ernst: It is my hope you have not instructed your staff to keep letters from you that take issue with your positions. Although I am not now a constituent, I was born in Sioux City ...

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, this week proposed a trio of bills targeting Washington, D.C.,-area federal employees that would mandate agencies move staff—or their entire headquarters—out of the ...

United States Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) recently announced Hancock County’s Original Saw Company in Britt as her small business of the week. Ernst chairs the U.S. Senate Small Business Committee.

The Interior Department overpaid dozens of employees to the tune of up to $400,000 of taxpayer money after the federal workers improperly claimed to be based in the DC area — but were actually ...

Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa was the only Republican member of the panel who entered the confirmation hearing without having already pronounced her support for Mr. Hegseth, although she had offered a ...

Sen. Joni Ernst revealed she is officially supporting Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense after Tuesday's hearing.

Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) — a key vote on the Armed Services Committee — had declined an offer to meet privately with the woman whom Hegseth paid to settle a sexual assault claim. The New Yorker’s ...

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) threw her support behind Defense Secretary-designate Pete Hegseth on Tuesday hours after President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon was grilled by senators ...

The embattled US Agency for International Development has engaged in “willful sabotage of congressional oversight” over ...