Senator Joni Ernst has told the US Department for Government Efficiency (DOGE) to shut down the $42 billion Broadband Equity, ...

Sources familiar with private discussions tell ABC News that a growing list of replacements is emerging to possibly replace ...

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Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s embattled pick for Defense secretary, faced growing scrutiny from Republican senators ...

As many as six GOP senators are not currently comfortable supporting Hegseth, following allegations concerning drinking and ...

Diana Siguenza, a retired nurse who lives in Cedar Rapids, and Sue Cahalan, a retired physician assistant from Norway, Iowa, ...

Diana Siguenza, a retired nurse who lives in Cedar Rapids, expressed strong opposition to RFK Jr.’s nomination, citing his ...

Senate Republicans say they are open to supporting the president-elect's decisions. But they also want to see precedent ...

My fellow Iowans sent me to the Senate ten years ago to make the porkers squeal. It’s been a very lonely fight. Even in this ...

There is $1 trillion in government spending ripe for the cutting, Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said this week in a ...

A spokesperson for Iowa U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst brushed off media reports that the Republican from Red Oak is interested in serving as President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary. NOTUS ...