Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst for months has championed federal tax relief for workers most impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. But as Senate Republicans rolled out their coronavirus relief legislation Monday, Ernst's proposal was not included, in part due to the impact a...
The latest sign of the turning tide in Iowa's U.S. Senate race came Thursday when the Cook Political Report dubbed the contest a toss-up, tugging the seat further from first-term Republican Sen. Joni Ernst. The nonpartisan election analyzer began the summer with Iowa...
As President Donald Trump threatens to station federal law enforcement officers in Democratic-run cities across the country, Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst said she supports sending federal officers to cities where federal property is at risk. "We are not going to stand idly by...
What happens when an elected Republican official spends all their time in a right-wing bubble? They start to sound like Sen. Joni Ernst, who seemed totally unprepared to answer some basic and common questions about her policy and political goals in an Iowa Press...
Sen. Joni Ernst told a panel of journalists today on "Iowa Press" that she would support holding hearings and votes for a new Supreme Court justice late in 2020 if an opening on the nation's highest court became available. "(If) it is a lame-duck session, I would...
When Jennifer Jensen was diagnosed with a chronic reproductive system disease, she thought she would never be able to have children, and if she could, it would be an expensive and painful process to try and get pregnant. But with the care and attention of a supportive...
When Jennifer Jensen was diagnosed with a chronic reproductive system disease, she thought she would never be able to have children, and if she could, it would be an expensive and painful process to try and get pregnant. But with the care and attention of a supportive...
Two women in Iowa are jockeying to position themselves as the Senate candidate with the best small-town credentials in order to win a state where the rural vote looms large. Republican Sen. Joni Ernst, whose infamous hog castrating ad in 2014 introduced her image as...
In the wake of a new poll showing Sen. Joni Ernst trailing her Democratic opponent, End Citizens United is out with a new ad highlighting the Iowa senator's paper trail of PAC donations and campaign finance violations. The 30-second spot is part of a $1.1 million TV...
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst declined to give a direct answer Thursday night when asked whether she supports President Donald Trump's threat to withhold federal funding from schools that do not resume in-person classes this fall. "Do you agree with President Trump that the...
