DES MOINES, Iowa − The pressure campaign against U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst is mounting − including from some Iowa Republicans− as she refuses to commit to supporting Pete Hegseth, President-elect ...

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, delivers remarks during a Senate Armed Services committee hearing on the expected nomination of Pete Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025 in ...

The Iowa senator has been the focus of a major pressure campaign urging her to vote to confirm Hegseth.. Some constituents have called for her to face a primary challenger when she is up for ...

Pete Hegseth faced hours of often combative questions at his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday. ... With the support of Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa, Hegseth's confirmation is nearly assured.

At the "Salute to America" celebration several days ago in Iowa, Donald Trump boasts about bringing a "merit-based system" ...

4 takeaways from Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing. Awkward exchanges about the defense secretary hopeful’s past were plentiful as Democrats went after the first embattled Trump pick to face ...

Iowa's senators must recognize how dangerous a Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth would be, write Henry Scott Wallace and June Hopkins. Des Moines Register Story by Henry Scott Wallace and June Hopkins ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — In an extremely close Senate vote late Friday night, Pete Hegseth was confirmed as President Donald Trump's choice for secretary of defense. The vote, which tallied at 50 ...

DES MOINES, Iowa − The pressure campaign against U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst is mounting − including from some Iowa Republicans− as she refuses to commit to supporting Pete Hegseth, President-elect ...

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, delivers remarks during a Senate Armed Services committee hearing on the expected nomination of Pete Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025 in ...