Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, a member of the Armed Services ... I think we need to take her at her word,” Ernst said. Samantha and Pete Hegseth, who have three children together, both signed a ...

Iowa's Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Tuesday she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to lead the U.S. Department of Defense, ending weeks of speculation about whether she would stand in ...

Joni Ernst is lucky she has already completed her military career because she would certainly be rejected now for cowardly conduct. I think with her vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to lead the ...

Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa stayed quiet after President Donald Trump announced that Pete Hegseth would be his nominee to head the Department of Defense. She didn’t jump on the ...

Pete Hegseth was sworn in as Defense Secretary ... Jan. 14, 7:45 p.m.Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa—widely seen as a key vote due to her advocacy against military sexual misconduct—told an Iowa ...

Captain Pete Hegseth's experience did not include commanding ... which Hegseth carefully refrained from denying. Nonetheless, Joni Ernst, who says she suffered spousal abuse, has supported him ...

Before Senator Thom Tillis voted to confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary, he worked with accusers to make the case ...

The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth late Friday, swatting back questions about his qualifications to lead the Pentagon.

Pete Hegseth seemed well on his way to becoming ... and they decided to make an example of one in particular: Sen. Joni Ernst. The thinking went like this: If a survivor of rape, a female combat ...

Pete Hegseth, confirmed by the Senate as Defense ... And he even managed to win the support of Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst, a veteran and survivor of sexual assault and domestic violence ...