"It's quite stark and severe, if you will. This is sort of like the bureaucratic version of a perp walk," said former ...

Sen. Joni Ernst, the chair of the DOGE caucus, is rolling out a new bill that targets excess disbursements in the "food stamp ...

“What I want people to recognize in the thought of government efficiency and DOGE is that this is not a passing fancy,” Ernst ...

An event for Kari Lake in Iowa was conveniently canceled after wayward Sen. Joni Ernst voted to confirm Trump's Defense ...

Iowa's Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Tuesday she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to lead the U.S. Department of Defense, ending weeks of speculation about whether she would stand in ...

In the case of Iowa’s Joni Ernst, conservatives threatened to run against her if she didn’t back Trump's pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth — before she announced she would.

Turning a blind eye to Hegseth's disqualifications demonstrates that all Ernst really expects of him are similar face-saving shams. Joni, Hegseth needs therapy, not a cabinet position. Thomas Walsh ...

by GEOFF HARRIS | The National News Desk TOPICS: WASHINGTON (TNND) — Senate Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Caucus Chair Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, just introduced legislation aimed toward ...