The once-ascending senator has lost steam after getting bullied into backing Pete Hegseth and horribly mishandling protests ...

Sen. Joni Ernst signaled Monday that she is warming to Defense Secretary designee Pete Hegseth after days of being reticent over the accusations leveled against him.. The 54-year-old Ernst, who is ...

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, officially endorsed Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense on Tuesday night, despite expressing some initial uncertainty following their first meeting. "After ...

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) threw her support behind Defense Secretary-designate Pete Hegseth on Tuesday hours after President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon was grilled by senators ...

Joni Ernst scurried away from reporters’ questions about her plan to support Pete Hegseth. The Iowa senator supports Hegseth for Defense secretary, despite allegations of assault and drinking.

But when Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, appeared initially cool to the nomination of President-elect Donald Trump 's choice of Pete Hegseth to serve as defense secretary — a man who once said women ...

Sen. Joni Ernst has not made up her mind about Pete Hegseth s nomination to be secretary of defense, ... Ernst said, to go back and sort through “all the anonymous this-and-that-and the-other.” ...

Senator Joni Ernst speaks during a news briefing on July 9, 2024 in Washington, DC. MAGA supporters are lashing out at Ernst for not backing Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to ...

Topline. S en. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, said she’s not ready to support Pete Hegseth as Defense secretary on Thursday, a setback for Hegseth’s strained Senate confirmation battle—as Hegseth ...

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst faces some intraparty unrest in her home state, Iowa, as she weighs whether to support President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, fueling ...

The fate of Pete Hegseth’s chances to be the next secretary of defense may still be in the hands of Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa. But, for now, she kindly requests that you ask someone else about it ...

WASHINGTON – Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, will vote for former Fox News host Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense, she announced Tuesday night after his first confirmation hearing. "He was ...