CEDAR RAPIDS — Iowa Republican and former state lawmaker Jim Carlin criticized U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst’s voting record, calling her a “phony” politician during a campaign launch event ...

What do you do about U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst? The Republican from Iowa is being mocked by liberal media and beyond for her snarky response to a question about cuts in Medicaid: “We all are going to ...

Iowa Senator Joni Ernst lobbed a verbal grenade into her town hall last Saturday with one heedless, heartless comment. Confronted by an audience member who shouted that without Medicaid, “people ...

A former Iowa state senator announced Friday he is running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst.Republican Jim Carlin served in the Iowa Senate from 2017 until 2023.

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst becomes a dark philosopher at town hall, defending deadly Medicaid cuts by citing the inevitability of death anyway ...

By now, I’m sure you all have seen U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst's statement to an Iowa town hall audience, after a woman cried out that people are going to die because of Medicaid cuts.Ernst's response ...

Republican Jim Carlin said he is running against U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst because she has failed to deliver on her famous "make 'em squeal" mantra. Carlin is a former state senator and the founder of ...

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst says she doesn't regret holding an Iowa town hall where she sparked a viral moment with her response to a constituent's concerns about Medicaid cuts.

What Joni Ernst said was bad. It's worse that she isn't taking Iowans seriously. | Opinion Town hall events are reduced to empty pageantry if the host is not willing to take audience members ...

Imagine reading that a politician thinks your community is evil. That’s what it felt like when I saw the headline, “Councillor says some children in care are ‘evil’” 10 minutes after waking up this ...

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst announced the hiring of a campaign manager Wednesday, seemingly confirming her plan to run for reelection in 2026. Skip to content. NOWCAST KCCI News at 6pm Weekday Evening.