Joni Ernst alleged. The Republican Hawkeye State senator and Senate DOGE Caucus chair, listed a slew of examples on social media this week on why “USAID is one of the worst offenders of waste in ...

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 ...

Joni Ernst questions Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth during his Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2025 in Washington ...

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) celebrated how Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency have set their sights on the U.S. Agency for International Development, citing the revelations she has ...

WASHINGTON – Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, will vote for former Fox News host Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense, she announced Tuesday night after his first confirmation hearing. "He was ...

Iowa, joined 'Fox & Friends' to discuss Elon Musk's effort to expose wasteful government spending at the Defense and ...

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) stressed that the U.S. Agency for International Development needs to provide “a hand up, not a handout ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (KWQC) - U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa said she’s been repeatedly stonewalled by USAID when investigating how the agency spends its money going back to 2023. In a media release on ...

The Republican senator is seen as a key vote on Trump's nominee. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, said Tuesday she is supporting Pete Hegseth’s nomination to serve as secretary of defense after ...

Ernst explained that for years, she tried to find out how humanitarian aid for the war in Ukraine was being spent and discovered “absolute obstruction and lies” from USAID and the agency’s a ...