On this week's On Iowa politics podcast, SCJ's Jared McNett, Lee Des Moines Bureau Chief May Marchel Hoff and QCT's Sarah ...

Reynolds delivers her Condition of the State address, state lawmakers consider a casino moratorium, and Joni Ernst has made ... and Jared McNett of the Sioux City Journal. This episode was ...

At his confirmation hearing last week, the former combat veteran and Fox News host said he was “falsely accused” in the 2017 incident.

Live updates and latest news as the Trump administration prepares to take office next week. Follow live as Senate ...

Live updates and latest news as the Trump administration prepares to take office next week. Follow live as Senate ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON – Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, will vote for former Fox News host Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense, she announced Tuesday night after his first confirmation hearing. "He was ...

Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) — a key vote on the Armed Services Committee — had declined an offer to meet privately with the woman whom Hegseth paid to settle a sexual assault claim. The New Yorker’s ...

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) threw her support behind Defense Secretary-designate Pete Hegseth on Tuesday hours after President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon was grilled by senators ...

Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa was the only Republican member of the panel who entered the confirmation hearing without having already pronounced her support for Mr. Hegseth, although she had offered a ...