Iowa's Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Tuesday she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to lead the U.S. Department of Defense, ending weeks of speculation about whether she would stand in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Abuse takes many forms, especially physical threats, which Hegseth carefully refrained from denying. Nonetheless, Joni Ernst, who says she suffered spousal abuse, has supported him even as he ...

The former sister-in-law of Pete Hegseth told senators in a sworn affidavit that he caused his second wife to fear for her personal safety and abused alcohol over the course of many years.

Senator Joni Ernst, Republican of Iowa, said that because Samantha Hegseth had denied the allegations, the affidavit “carries no weight.” Karoun Demirjian covers Congress with a focus on ...

I want to give Pete Hegseth a chance. He has passion for defending the United States and real-world experience in what it means to serve as a warrior.

The Hegseth braintrust’s strategy meant going after their own party, and they decided to make an example of one in particular: Sen. Joni Ernst. The thinking went like this: If a survivor of rape ...

He can afford to lose no more than three Republicans. Hegseth won over a key Republican, Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, who told an Iowa radio station soon after his confirmation hearing that he had her ...

Iowa's Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Tuesday she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to lead the U.S. Department of Defense, ending weeks of speculation about whether she would stand in ...