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 ...

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.

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 – 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 ...

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 ...

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 ... about President Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, and though she had later made encouraging statements, she ...