The president regains ground with rural voters after a sharp slump, boosting GOP hopes in tight 2026 midterm contests.

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 ...

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst on Sunday defended President Donald Trump asking Ukraine to investigate his political rivals, but said he did so in the "wrong manner." "Generally speaking going after ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A day after Sgt. Declan Coady of West Des Moines was confirmed as one of the first casualties in the U.S. war with Iran, Iowa's ...

Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson defended Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst against conservative criticism over Ernst’s hesitation to back Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s ...

Sen. Joni Ernst leads her Democratic challenger by a 5-point margin, but the gap narrows slightly among older voters who make up the bulk of the Iowa electorate. A statewide poll conducted for AARP ...

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 ...

Iowa was supposed to be safe Republican ground, but a closely watched Iowa political analyst said Monday the GOP is worried ...