DOGE Caucus 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 ...
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Trump signs Laken Riley Act into law
The Laken Riley Act, propelled by Iowa’s congressional delegation, became President Donald Trump’s first bill signed into law ...
Mascot mess: Ernst challenges federal agencies to nix their dress-up characters
The Phillie Phanatic, the big green dress-up mascot for Philadelphia’s pro baseball team, is world famous. D.C. has its racing presidents. But did the Border Patrol really need its own dress-up mascot ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Ernst Introduces Legislation To Defund Planned Parenthood
Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa introduced legislation in the Senate Wednesday to prohibit federal funding for Planned ...
How key Republican senators are responding to Trump allies' primary threats
South Carolina's Lindsey Graham, a Trump confidant, has long been targeted by the far right in his state and was booed at a ...
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How key Republican senators are responding to Trump allies' primary threats
In the case of Iowa’s Joni Ernst, conservatives threatened to run ... for his willingness to work on bipartisan deals. One such measure derided Graham’s “condescending attitude” to the ...
Senate is preparing to confirm Hegseth as defense secretary in late evening vote
With votes expected late evening, the Republican-led Senate is determined to install Hegseth, a former Fox News host and ...
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Vance breaks tie in Senate to confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary
The Senate's ability to confirm Hegseth despite a grave series of allegations against him provides a measure of Trump's ... But one prominent Republican, Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa, herself a veteran ...