Senator Joni Ernst has announced she intends to vote for Pete Hegseth in his Senate confirmation, making his path to becoming defense secretary much easier. The Iowa Republican had previously said ...

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst made her most expansive comments yet on Pete Hegseth, telling a largely GOP audience at a California security conference Saturday that she needs to hear more from Presid ...

U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) speaks as Pete Hegseth, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of defense, testifies before a Senate Committee on Armed Services confirmation ...

When U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst announced this week she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as the nation’s next secretary of defense, it underlined President-elect Donald Trump’s immense sway over ...

Joni Ernst faces some intraparty unrest in her home state, Iowa, as she weighs whether to support President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, fueling speculation that ...

Gen. Christopher Finerty’s colleagues told investigators the relationships were “highly inappropriate” as they could give the ...

Joni Ernst, according to two sources with knowledge ... President Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, and though she had later made encouraging statements, she had ...

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst, a key figure in military oversight, has been thrust into controversy after reports surfaced ...

Iowa Senator Joni Ernst, who is the Senate DOGE Caucus Chair, introduced two bills Monday that she says will ensure tax dollars are used to benefit all Americans instead of Washington insiders.