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Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) said in a statement to Breitbart News that Congress needs to empower a special inspector general to uncover more of the billions of dollars in coronavirus aid fraud.
GOP Senators are demanding information from the Small Business Administration (SBA) about how much COVID-19 aid Planned Parenthood affiliates received.
Former Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s (R-GA) confirmation on Wednesday to lead the Small Business Administration could help the agency uncover more than $200 billion in coronavirus aid fraud.
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) unveiled legislation that would short circuit the failed $7.5 billion electric vehicle program instituted by President Joe Biden, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), a leading senator on slashing government waste, gave the inside story on how the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was “ready to go” in cutting $2 trillion in government waste during an exclusive appearance on The Alex Marlow Show.
Helping the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) uncover government waste is “why I was put into the Senate,” Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) said during an appearance on The Alex Marlow Show.
Sen. Joni Ernst wrote to Secretary of State Marco Rubio detailing the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) “anti-American agenda.”
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) will introduce Director of National Intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard at her Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday, Breitbart News can exclusively reveal.
President Donald Trump’s election has broken the dam that used to prevent Republicans from passing legislation to crack down on illegal immigration and migrant crime.
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) in a statement to Breitbart News said that Republicans are passing the Laken Riley Act and Sarah’s Law to close loopholes that prevent illegal aliens criminals from facing justice.
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) reportedly announced that she will be supporting Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, to be confirmed.
Sen. Joni Ernst’s said her “frank conversations” with Pete Hegseth have led to progress on issues facing the Pentagon.
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on Monday introduced legislation that could very well serve as the next step in the national immigration debate.
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) on Thursday proposed legislation aimed at combatting Mexican cartels’ surveillance of border patrol agents, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) secured a provision in the defense bill to empower the Department of Defense to combat drones and other unmanned aircraft from crossing America’s borders.
Key provisions from Iowa Republican Senator Joni Ernst to strengthen the Abraham Accords nations against Iranian aggression have been included in the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), reinforcing regional alliances and advanced security capabilities, while building on President Trump’s historic framework to confront shared threats and achieve regional peace.
Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth’s Senate confirmation hearing is scheduled for the second week of January, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee told CNN.
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on Monday wrote to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, demanding answers about the big tech platform censoring military recruitment content.
A whistleblower’s claims are drawing attention to the efforts of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth on Monday evening spoke positively about his second meeting with Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) earlier in the day, as he works to win over support from her and other senators who are responsible for confirming him for the position.
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) took another critical step Monday towards voting to confirm Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense.
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) revealed that Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, “deserves” an “opportunity to lay out his vision” for the nation’s “warfighters.”
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on Thursday, after a groundswell of support for Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, denied she is behind a campaign on Capitol Hill to tank his nomination and seek the job herself.
Secretary of Defense-designate Pete Hegseth met all day with U.S. senators again on Thursday, after a similar lightning round of meetings on Wednesday.
Federal bureaucrats are costing taxpayers billions while dodging office responsibilities, including reports of teleworking employees attending meetings from “on the beach” and while “relaxing in bubble baths,” according to a year-long investigation by Republican Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa, unveiled at the inaugural Senate DOGE Caucus meeting alongside Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, both of who were tasked by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Department of Government Efficiency.
Nearly every Republican Senator voted to confirm President Joe Biden’s Defense Secretary, Lloyd Austin, in 2021, including several who are seen as potential detractors to the prospects of Pete Hegseth, Trump’s nominee for the same post.
Thursday on FNC’s “America’s Newsroom,” Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) declined to support former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary.
Rep. Jared Moskowitz is the first Democrat to join the Delivering Outstanding Government Efficiency (DOGE) Caucus, he announced Tuesday, providing it with a bipartisan shot in the arm.
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) blasted left-wing Democrats on Wednesday for resolutions to block $20 billion in arms sales to Israel — even as the Jewish state faces a war on seven fronts waged by Iran and its terrorist proxies in the region.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) will be the third-ranking Senate Republican, winning election to Conference Chair Wednesday.
Sen. Joni Ernst sent a letter to the Pentagon demanding an explanation for the delivery of moldy equipment to Taiwan.
Calling for unwavering U.S. support for Israel, Republican lawmakers are blaming the Biden administration’s “appeasement” policies toward Iran for emboldening Tehran, leading to an unprecedented missile barrage on the Jewish State on Wednesday.
The world is “on fire” due to President Joe Biden’s weakness, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) exclusively told Breitbart News.
Republican officials are sounding the alarm over Biden signing an executive order supposedly intending to tighten the southern border.
In what is being termed a “dark day for America,” Republican officials are expressing outrage after a New York jury found former U.S. President Donald Trump guilty in his hush-money trial, accusing the Biden administration of using “lawfare seen in third world countries” while warning that if political opponents can target a former president, “they can do it to anyone.”
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) would be “extremely honored” to be President Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick, she said this weekend.
Republicans said that the Biden administration is putting politics over protecting workers at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
The Biden administration faced fierce GOP opposition last year after its decision to host the recently deceased Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi — a Holocaust denier dubbed the “Butcher of Tehran” for his role in the mass executions of tens of thousands of political prisoners — in New York to attend the 2023 United Nations session.
President Joe Biden is “playing politics” with the lives of Americans being held hostage by the Gaza-based terrorist Hamas group, according to Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst. She slammed the 81-year-old Democrat leader for “playing into Hamas’s hands” and “making terrorists rejoice, instead of tremble in fear” by withholding support from the nation’s “greatest ally in the region,” Israel.
