Since President-elect Donald Trump nominated former Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his secretary of Defense, all eyes have been on Iowa senator Joni Ernst. Hegseth has been accused of ...

The U.S. Department of Defense has become a department in disarray as Defense Secretary Pete ... under Hegseth’s leadership.” In December, Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst caused a MAGA ...

Sen. Joni Ernst (R., Iowa), a military veteran and sexual-assault survivor, said it is “incredibly important” to her that if Pete Hegseth is confirmed as defense secretary, he stresses that ...

Pete Hegseth needed ... drawing comparison with Hegseth’s past troubles, and criticized his Democratic colleagues, saying they drank and got divorced, too. Sen. Joni Ernst (R., ...

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 ...

Trump is said to have been surprised by allegations that have emerged about his pick, Pete Hegseth. The former ... Elbridge Colby and Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa. "This country's full ...

Ahead of the hearing, allies said defense-secretary nominee Pete Hegseth had one big job on ... without any obvious missteps. Sen. Joni Ernst (R., Iowa) pressed him on women in the military ...

As Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth finds himself staring ... up the heat on skeptics such as Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.). Hegseth himself went on a media offensive and was ...

As Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth remains embroiled in a fresh controversy for sharing sensitive information in a group chat as well as his management of the Pentagon, President Donald Trump's Make ...