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 ...

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 ...

Trump is currently supporting his defense secretary, but some in the administration are speculating about how long Pete ...

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 ...

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 ...

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., ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Hegseth, for his part, has resorted to the same kind of tactics that helped him survive his confirmation hearing, which he learned from Trump: punch back as ... Carolina and Joni Ernst of Iowa ...