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Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, talks after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Sept. 24, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Sen. Joni Ernst tells Commerce Department to stop spending spree

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be defense secretary, listens to reporters during a meeting with Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Joni Ernst wants to hear from Hegseth on sex assault in the military and women in combat

By Tara Copp - Associated Press

A near-empty corridor is seen in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, part of the U.S. Capitol complex, after an unprecedented number of cases in the Capitol community affecting hundreds of individuals, according to the Capitol physician, in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. Dr. Brian Monahan is urging a move to maximum telework as a seven-day average rate of infection at the Capitol's testing center has risen from less than 1% to more than 13%. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

‘Like being on vacation’: Federal employees are abusing remote work, senator’s audit finds

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, talks after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Sept. 24, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Sen. Joni Ernst hammers Biden administration for sending ‘substandard’ military gear to Taiwan

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks about his infrastructure agenda under the Clay Wade Bailey Bridge, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, in Covington, Ky. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Sign of the times: Biden slaps his name on taxpayer-funded projects

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speaks during a news conference, Thursday, June 29, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. Hundreds of communities around the country will receive more than $1 billion in federal money to help them plant and maintain trees under a federal program that is intended to reduce extreme heat, benefit health and improve access to nature. Vilsack will announce the $1.13 billion in funding for 385 projects at an event Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, morning in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) **FILE**

Whistleblower: Federal agency’s HQ is ‘empty’; Vilsack says work is getting done

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The General Services Administration rejected calls to shut down the Speaker Nancy Pelosi Federal Building in San Francisco, insisting the crime-ridden property is still safe enough for government employees to show up for work. (File Photo credit: Rafael Ramirez Lee via Shutterstock)

‘Safe and secure’: Feds shrug off crime spree at San Fran office named after Nancy Pelosi

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to examine the nomination of Army Lt. Gen. Randy George to be reappointment to the grade of general and to be Chief of Staff of the Army, Wednesday, July 12, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) ** FILE **

Senator blames Biden’s vacation culture for defense secretary’s hospital fiasco

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Joni Ernst doesn’t rule out endorsing Trump, but signals Nikki Haley is preferred candidate

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen, May 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

They earned more than a million dollars — and still took unemployment

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to examine the nomination of Army Lt. Gen. Randy George to be reappointment to the grade of general and to be Chief of Staff of the Army, Wednesday, July 12, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) ** FILE **

Joni Ernst says ‘woke policies’ caused her to choke at lunch

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., questions Navy Adm. Lisa Franchetti during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on her nomination for reappointment to the grade of admiral and to be Chief of Naval Operations, Sept. 14, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Senate Republicans grudgingly warm to Democrats’ plan to end Tuberville’s military holds

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, at the House chamber where members approved a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Feds forced to flee Nancy Pelosi’s namesake building in San Francisco over drugs, crime

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Modern office interior. File photo credit: 06photo via Shutterstock.

IG to investigate federal offices left vacant by telework policies

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 12, 2015, photo, a supermarket displays stickers indicating they accept food stamps in West New York, N.J. Officials in Maryland several years ago managed to disable one of the systems that was supposed to check whether food stamp applications had a low enough income to qualify for the benefit. The result, according to a state audit, was tens of thousands of people collecting benefits they didn’t deserve. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) **FILE**

Fraud, errors cost food stamp program nearly $1B a month

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times