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. 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 ...

WASHINGTON—Pete Hegseth’s performance will be closely ... But also in the spotlight: Sen. Joni Ernst (R., Iowa), whose support the Trump transition team views as crucial.

Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) said she would “support” for Defense Secretary-designate Pete Hegseth on Monday, just a few days after she had said that she was not yet a “yes” on his nomination.

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 ...

WASHINGTON – Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, will vote for former Fox News host Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense, she announced Tuesday night after his first confirmation hearing. "He was ...

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 ...