Joni Ernst

Energy and Environment

Joni Ernst: Trump’s ethanol fix not a done deal

John Siciliano · June 1, 2018 8:06 pm

Energy and Environment

Trump finally reaches ethanol deal, but questions linger

John Siciliano · May 9, 2018 4:14 pm

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, has a history of working with female victims of domestic abuse. In college, Ernst volunteered at a battered women's shelter in Ames. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Joni Ernst roasts 2020 prospect Eric Garcetti over Iowa visit

Naomi Lim · May 6, 2018 9:22 pm

FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2018, file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt attends a meeting with state and local officials in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. The Trump administration is rewriting Obama-era rules governing pollution from oil and gas operations and coal ash dumps, moves that opponents say will significantly weaken protections for human health and the environment. The EPA announced the changes Thursday, March 1, the latest in series of actions in the last year to roll back regulations opposed by the fossil-fuel industry.

Energy and Environment

EPA’s top spokeswoman resigns, but Scott Pruitt’s chief of staff downplays turmoil

Josh Siegel · May 3, 2018 3:09 pm

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, sits during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

GOP senators ask HHS to overhaul family planning regulations

Robert King · May 1, 2018 5:40 pm

Freshman Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, will deliver the GOP response to President Obama's State of the Union address. (AP Photo)

Joni Ernst: Trump’s tariffs are hurting American farmers

Naomi Lim · April 22, 2018 5:58 pm

In an interview with WHO in Iowa, Joni Ernst, an Iraq War veteran, said she was "disappointed" in the insult-laden nature of the Republican race. (AP Photo)

Joni Ernst: I’m comfortable with airstrikes, but Trump must come to Congress for any further action

Katelyn Caralle · April 15, 2018 3:10 pm

White House Watch: Trump to Sasse on Trade: ‘We Have the Same Goals’

Michael Warren · April 13, 2018 11:46 am

Washington area residents awoke, Tuesday, July 3, 2007, to a rainbow of colors as the warm morning sunrise colors the skyline above Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Maybe Trump should let states ‘bid’ on government agencies to export the swamp

Philip Wegmann · March 26, 2018 8:45 pm

"Nobody has reached out to me, so I'm doubtful of that," Ernst told reporters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. "I would have thought that if that was being considered, somebody would have reached out to me." (Bloomberg File)

Joni Ernst warns the Midwest will be hurt if Trump sparks trade war with China

Kyle Feldscher · March 25, 2018 4:09 pm

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, used her speech to attack Hillary Clinton over her foreign policy credentials and prop up Donald Trump's in a speech designed to showcase America's military might on Monday night. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Joni Ernst hits back at claims she’s owned by the gun lobby, but won’t distance herself from NRA

Kyle Feldscher · March 25, 2018 4:01 pm

After an hour-long meeting on Tuesday at the White House, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said that there is still no deal on ethanol. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Energy and Environment

Chuck Grassley: ‘No deal’ with Trump on ethanol after hour-long meeting

John Siciliano · February 27, 2018 7:03 pm