President Donald Trump signed the first nine executive orders, memorandums, and letters of his presidency, including a ...

The Iowa senator supports Pete Hegseth for Defense secretary, despite allegations of assault and drinking — but she doesn’t ...

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

Readers are talking about Jimmy Carter, the Art Center, DOGE and legislative headlines in letters published Jan. 13-20, 2025.

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

Senator Joni Ernst (R., Iowa) quietly scored an early victory for those seeking to make the federal government more efficient ...

Legislation named after an Iowan killed in a drunk driving crash by an immigrant who was not legally authorized to be in the ...

A bill Iowa’s congressional delegation has lobbied for since 2017 has been added to legislation that cleared the U.S. Senate ...

In an interview with a radio station in her home state, followed by a written statement, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, announced ...

When U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst announced this week she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as the nation’s next secretary of defense, it underlined President-elect Donald Trump’s immense sway over ...

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst, seen by Trump allies as a pivotal vote, said she would back the defense secretary pick.