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 ...

An event for Kari Lake in Iowa was conveniently canceled after wayward Sen. Joni Ernst voted to confirm Trump's Defense ...

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst pressed Pete Hegseth about women’s roles in the military and thanked him for their “frank” discussions as he sat before an often-contentious hearing on his nomination to ...

Joni Ernst is lucky she has already completed her military career because she would certainly be rejected now for cowardly conduct. I think with her vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to lead the ...

Before Senator Thom Tillis voted to confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary, he worked with accusers to make the case ...

THE MINI: Thank you Sen. Joni Ernst for voting to confirm Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense. After fully vetting Pete for this position, you found him highly qualified. He will return the ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team sees Sen. Joni Ernst’s support for Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth as crucial. A former Army National Guard commander, Ernst faced an ...

Pete Hegseth needed a warm reception from Senate Republicans. He’s getting it. Chairman Roger Wicker (R., Miss.) let him tackle allegations about sexual assault and drinking head on at the beginning ...

Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa stayed quiet after President Donald Trump announced that Pete Hegseth would be his nominee to head the Department of Defense. She didn’t jump on the ...