Sarah’s Law was being considered as an amendment to the Laken Riley Act, which is on the Senate floor this week.

Iowa's Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Tuesday she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to lead the U.S. Department of ...

Joni Ernst announced this week she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as the nation’s next secretary of defense, it underlined ...

Letters published Jan. 13-19, 2025, deal with state government and the resolution of Des Moines' Greenwood Park art ...

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a key member of the Senate Armed Services Committee who has championed women serving in combat ...

The Iowa Republican’s decision dramatically increases the likelihood that Mr. Hegseth will have enough votes to be confirmed ...

Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, delivers remarks during a Senate Armed ... is headlining a political event in West Des Moines later this month in an apparent attempt to help drive home the threat.

Ernst previously expressed an openness to supporting Hegseth after she had "encouraging conversations" with him last month, ...

Joni Ernst pressed Pete Hegseth about ... who grew up in eastern Iowa, is headlining a political event in West Des Moines later this month in an apparent attempt to help drive home the threat.