DES MOINES — Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst has drawn her first Democratic challenger in the 2026 election. Iowa Army and Marine Corps veteran Nathan Sage, executive director of the ...

The once-ascending senator has lost steam after getting bullied into backing Pete Hegseth and horribly mishandling protests over Medicaid cuts.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) has added to a key military spending bill making its way through Congress a pair of provisions to ...

With the One Big Beautiful Bill Act now law, there could be a spike in consumer energy bills in states represented by ...

There are growing concerns among Republican party leaders that Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) may be the next lawmaker to decide to ...

Republican senators are increasingly on edge as whispers circulate that Iowa’s Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) may bow out before the 2026 Senate elections. Though she has taken early campaign steps — such as ...

Sen. John Thune (R-SD) admitted to reporters that he is scrambling to prevent Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) from retiring from her ...

Senate Republicans are bracing for another one of their colleagues to possibly call it quits: Joni Ernst. The two-term Iowa senator hasn’t officially announced her plans for 2026, and she’s gone ...

Major Medicaid cuts in Trump’s tax bill could hit rural voters especially hard -- giving organizers hope the party can make ...

Randy Feenstra’s run for governor has been endorsed by 22 state legislators, including four in leadership positions, Feenstra ...

In addition to John Wills of Spirit Lake, Republican Northwest Iowa lawmakers who endorsed Feenstra included Sen. David ...