We know the kind of damage that will be done and the lives that will be lost if Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is put in charge of our ...

A Republican senator has introduced legislation that would ban federal mascots and department-funded coloring books. The bill ...

The Phillie Phanatic, the big green dress-up mascot for Philadelphia’s pro baseball team, is world famous. D.C. has its racing presidents. But did the Border Patrol really need its own dress-up mascot ...

Legislation named after an Iowan killed in a drunk driving crash by an immigrant who was not legally authorized to be in the ...

Iowa’s U.S. senators met with Trump nominees last week while representatives acted on bills relating to undocumented ...

Readers are talking about Jimmy Carter, the Art Center, DOGE and legislative headlines in letters published Jan. 13-20, 2025.

Trump's got the bullhorn now to say, ‘MAGA nation is watching,’” said outgoing Dallas County Republican Party Chair Kelley Koch.

In an interview with a radio station in her home state, followed by a written statement, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, announced ...

Senators will grill Trump's choices to lead the Justice, State, Transportation and Energy departments,as well as the CIA and ...

Sen. Joni Ernst said she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as the next secretary of defense, making the controversial nominee ...

Marco Rubio for the State Department ... with Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, a Republican who was initially expected to oppose his nomination. She, too, has changed her tune. “As I support Pete through this ...

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for defense secretary had a more amicable exchange with Joni Ernst, a Republican, who ...