Like this article? Keep independent journalism alive. Support HuffPost. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) defended President Donald Trump's profanity-laced Easter statement about the Strait of Hormuz on Monday ...

Donald Trump spent part of Monday's holiday with a potential running mate: Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa. Ernst, a first-term senator, did not exactly dampen vice presidential speculation afterward, saying ...

Republicans currently have 53 seats in the upper chamber, but are essentially guaranteed to see at least eight of their ranks ...

Last September, the two-term Iowa senator Joni Ernst announced that she was stepping down. A few months earlier, she faced criticism for responding to constituent concerns about Medicaid cuts by ...