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 ...

The vote came amid concerns about his qualifications to lead the Pentagon amid allegations of heavy drinking and abusive ...

At his confirmation hearing last week, the former combat veteran and Fox News host said he was “falsely accused” in the 2017 ...

The Republican-led House on Wednesday passed the Laken Riley Act, a strict immigration detention measure named for a ...

Joni Ernst's (R-IA) and other Republican Senators backing Hegseth are not putting "the national security of America over their own political survival." Watch the full interview above.

When U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst announced this week she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as the nation’s next secretary of defense, it underlined President-elect Donald Trump’s immense sway over ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees are pushing through a gauntlet of confirmation hearings with the help of allied ...

CSPAN Republican Senator Joni Ernst, a prominent member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, announced her decision to vote for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Secretary ...