Tag: Ernst, Joni

Here Are the Republicans Breaking With Their Party to Back Ukraine Aid

Eighteen Senate Republicans are bucking a majority of their party and former President Donald J. Trump in joining Democrats to push military assistance for Ukraine toward approval in the Senate, highlighting a widening foreign policy divide in the contemporary Republican Party. The 18 senators, mainly national security hawks who include several military veterans, have provided […]

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Senators Seek Answers From Pentagon on Troops’ Blast Exposure

A bipartisan group of senators is demanding to know what steps the military is taking to protect troops from brain injuries caused by the blasts from firing their own weapons. The senators — Elizabeth Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts; Joni Ernst, Republican of Iowa; and Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina — made the demand in […]

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