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 avalanche of ...

Heading into Tuesday’s confirmation hearing, the Iowa senator’s support for Donald Trump’s pick to run the Pentagon is seen as critical by the president-elect’s team.

So now Sen. Joni Ernst says she is going to support Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense. She has chosen to ignore the reports about his mismanagement of donations at veterans organizations.

Joni Ernst of Iowa on the first day of confirmation ... excessive drinking and views on women in the military. A former Army National Guard lieutenant colonel, Ernst initially appeared cool ...

WASHINGTON − Senators pressed Pete Hegseth on his alleged history of heavy drinking, shifting views on women in the military, and his treatment of women in a wide-ranging and often combative ...

Mariane Angela Republican Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst confirmed her support for former Fox News host Pete Hegseth as secretary of ...

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst pressed Pete Hegseth about women’s roles in the military and thanked him for their “frank” discussions as he sat before an often-contentious hearing on his nomination to ...

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for defense secretary had a more amicable exchange with Joni Ernst, a Republican, who is considered a key vote. By Sharon LaFraniere First came Senator ...