After the killing of 17 people in the Florida school, the students asked Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to stop taking money from the NRA. I think we should question Sens. Charles Grassley and Joni Ernst and Rep. Steve King of Iowa if they also take money from the NRA and, if they do, ask them to ...

SIOUX CITY -- U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said she doesn’t support moving military budget money to pay for a wall at the border of Mexico and criticized an omnibus spending bill passed by fellow Republicans, but a discussion about guns and student safety dominated her town hall meeting in Sioux City on ...

Rep. Trey Gowdy will headline Sen. Joni Ernst’s annual Roast and Ride fundraiser in Iowa, the Des Moines Register reported.

The event begins at Harley-Davidson in Des Moines and ends at the Central Iowa Expo on Boone. Ms. Ernst, Iowa Republican, leads the pack of motorcyclists on the ride ...

Iowa’s Republican U.S. senators this week co-signed a bipartisan proposal to address school violence by helping schools bolster security and identify signs of violence.

The proposal was introduced in the wake of the latest mass shooting on a U.S. school campus. On Feb. 14, a gunman shot ...

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa said Thursday that President Trump’s pending tariffs on steel and aluminum will blow back against U.S. farmers, with foreign retaliation against agricultural products.

“I am very, very concerned about the tariff policy that we see coming out right now, ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump seems to be overrating the potential for a deal in the decades-long feud between biofuels and the oil industry.

That was one takeaway Tuesday after a key White House meeting ended with no agreement.

“Naiveté about the possibility of finding a ...

WASHINGTON — As a college student, Joni Ernst spent evenings volunteering at the ACCESS women’s crisis shelter in Ames, where she witnessed firsthand the pain suffered by victims of abuse.

“Oftentimes I felt angry,” Ernst said. “I felt frustrated and helpless, wishing there was more that I ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE - Two members of Nebraska’s delegation were involved in an accident this morning near Charlottesville, Virginia. Felix Ungerman is with Congressman Don Bacon’s Omaha Office says they were on their way to a legislative retreat when the train they were on hit a dump ...

TAMA, Iowa — Add U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst’s voice to those who believe that President Donald Trump is reassessing his position on the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Although the president repeatedly has threatened to pull out of the 23-year-old trade agreement with Mexico and Canada, “I ...

WASHINGTON — Both of Iowa’s U.S. senators said Tuesday that they were recently assured by the Trump administration it will hold accountable individuals responsible for unauthorized waiting lists at the Omaha VA facility.

Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, both Republicans, issued a joint ...

WASHINGTON — Both of Iowa’s U.S. senators have fresh questions for the Department of Veterans Affairs in the wake of a World-Herald report that problems with unauthorized waitlists at its Omaha facility go back much further than was previously known.

“As we stated in our first letter, it ...

Sen. Joni Ernst announced Tuesday she plans to introduce the ‘Squeal’ Act to cut expenditures for lawmakers

“It is the Stop Questionable, Unnecessary and Excessive Allowances for Legislators Act. There exists on the books a tax deduction, specifically for members of Congress. They can ...

An unauthorized waiting list for psychotherapy appointments at Omaha’s VA hospital delayed care for 87 veterans this year and led to the departures of two employees, Department of Veterans Affairs officials said Friday.

Letters addressed to Iowa Sens. Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley and ...

SIOUX CITY | For years, constituents seeking help in dealing with federal agencies, people receiving war medals and

WASHINGTON — The top agriculture officials for Nebraska and Iowa breezed through a joint hearing Thursday on their nominations to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Nebraska Agriculture Director Gregory Ibach and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey appeared before the Senate ...

WASHINGTON — Being a former U.S. president brings the ability to pull down millions in speaking fees and book deals.

And yet American taxpayers are still on the hook for providing those individuals with an annual pension, as well as picking up the tab for office furniture, travel expenses, ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, will be the keynote speaker at U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan’s “Faith & Freedom BBQ,” an annual fundraiser in Anderson that doubles as a celebration of servicemembers.

It’s also a meet-and-greet for state and national conservatives eyeing higher ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a collaborative regional effort between Southeast Iowa economic development organizations and chambers of commerce, community leaders from Lee, Des Moines and Henry counties were in Washington, D.C., from Tuesday through Thursday for the annual summit.

The delegation ...

Vice President Mike Pence rattled off a laundry list of early term victories for the Trump administration during a speech in Iowa yesterday — including rolling back regulations, naming a Supreme Court justice and reducing illegal immigration — while predicting “better days ahead.”

“In ...

On Election Night 2014, as Republicans captured the Senate and tightened their grip on the House — setting up their roadblock capability that thwarted Obama-ism and helped gift America with the presidency of Donald Trump — a former lieutenant colonel who commanded Iowa’s National Guard truck ...