Trump has not suggested he would back a challenger to Ernst ... “Being told Joni Ernst and Lindsay Graham are trying to end Pete Hegseth,” Kirk, of Turning Point USA, posted on X this month ...

of Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth during ... tried to walk back his comments about women in the military. There's been some pushback about whether U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R) Iowa can support ...

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., ...

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

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 ...

President-elect Donald Trump ultimately dug in on Pete Hegseth as his defense secretary ... Those efforts especially targeted Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), who has been criticized by some conservatives ...

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 ...

As U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth once again faces criticism ... offered up some ideas for a replacement, including Sen. Joni Ernst. But, assuming Trump still wants a Fox News personality ...

When this editorial board reviews its assessment of U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ... words of Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa. Just weeks ago, the nation learned that Mr. Hegseth had on March ...