RFK Jr. sworn in as health secretary; Trump administration moves toward firing probationary employees
Follow updates as Donald Trump Cabinet picks Linda McMahon, Robert Kennedy and Kash Patel face Senate proceedings. The ...
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Who is Bill Cassidy? Why the Louisiana senator is so important to the Trump administration
Republican Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy says he is "struggling" with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. At the end of Kennedy's ...
Radio Iowa16d
Senator Ernst defends President Trump’s order to freeze spending
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says President Trump is scrutinizing federal spending with his recent actions which at least temporarily suspended funding for government programs and agencies. Ernst says ...
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Sen. Ernst, father of Sarah Root join President Trump for signing of Sarah’s Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KCRG) - Iowa Republican Senator Joni Ernst was at the White House on Wednesday to join President Donald Trump for the signing of the Laken Riley Act. That act included Sarah’s ...
Fox News17d
DOGE Caucus Chair Joni Ernst takes on food stamps in new bill to hold states 'accountable'
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, is debuting a new bill on Wednesday designed to tackle overpayments in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), colloquially known as "food stamps." ...
Washington Examiner18d
Ernst says DOGE initiative isn’t a ‘passing fancy’
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) has insisted that the Department of Government Efficiency‘s mission to cut down massively on government spending isn’t just “a passing fancy.” Ernst made the remarks ...
Austin American-Statesman18d
Former Wisconsin congressman Sean Duffy wins Senate confirmation to Trump's cabinet
WASHINGTON – The Senate confirmed former Rep. Sean Duffy as the next secretary of transportation on Tuesday, marking a return to public office for the northwestern Wisconsin Republican after a ...
CNN18d
Key GOP senators want public commitments from RFK Jr. on abortion and vaccines during confirmation hearings
Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa, who is anti-abortion rights, told CNN that Kennedy needs to do more to assuage her concerns given his past comments supporting access to the procedure.
Roll Call19d
Trump firing of watchdogs gives early test to new Senate caucus
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, launched the bipartisan Inspector General Caucus less than two weeks ago with five other senators and the mission to “support federal watchdogs in their efforts to ...
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Iowa's US Sen. Joni Ernst will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as secretary of 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 ...
The Independent22d
Republican senator goes to war on mascots designed to teach children about soil, pests and the US Mint
The bill, introduced by Republican Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa, seeks to eliminate mascots representing federal agencies like the “Mighty Minters,” a fox and bird at the U.S. Mint. The child ...