Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on Wednesday celebrated the mass firing of USAID employees, despite previously complaining that the agency was understaffed.

Ernst is the founder and chairwoman of the Senate DOGE caucus. Long before Elon Musk became DOGE head, Ernst had a “Make ‘Em Squeal” campaign, which had a mission to “cut wasteful spending ...

Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa stayed quiet after President Donald Trump announced that Pete Hegseth would be his nominee to head the Department of Defense. She didn’t jump on the ...

The embattled US Agency for International Development has engaged in “willful sabotage of congressional oversight” over recent years while doling out taxpayer dollars to groups that overbilled the US ...

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) applauded President Donald Trump‘s executive order seeking to end telework for federal workers, saying, “We are just getting started.” Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA ...

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) credited the Department of Government Efficiency for uncovering the spending at the U.S. Agency for International Development that she "spent years" investigating.