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 ...

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 ...

Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, appeared initially cool to the nomination of President-elect Donald Trump ’s choice of Pete Hegseth to ... to pressure Ernst to back Hegseth, according to a person familiar ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

Joni Ernst has drawn her first ... County and parts of Scott and Jackson counties. Ernst has faced criticism over her vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as the U.S. secretary of defense over allegations ...

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 ...