Iowa Senator Joni Ernst announced that she would vote for Pete Hegseth to become Defense Secretary, making his path to Senate confirmation much easier.

Joni Ernst’s support for Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth as crucial. A former Army National Guard commander, Ernst faced an avalanche of criticism and primary threats late last year after ...

Only Congress can stop payments or shut down agencies, but Iowa’s delegation is OK with ignoring the Constitution, writes the ...

Ernst explained that for years, she tried to find out how humanitarian aid for the war in Ukraine was being spent and discovered “absolute obstruction and lies” from USAID and the agency’s a ...

Joni Ernst confirmed her support for former ... Hegseth served as an infantry officer in the Army National Guard in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to his website.

Several Senate Republicans initially put the brakes on a few Trump nominees, setting themselves up as a moral guardian on the ...

WASHINGTON (KWQC) - U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa said she’s been repeatedly stonewalled by USAID when investigating how the agency spends its money going back to 2023. In a media release on ...

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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 ...

Hegseth, a former Fox News host and Army National Guard veteran ... were the best preparation for the job - and Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, a key vote, on Tuesday night told local radio station WHO ...

Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst and Reps. Ashley Hinson ... sign a law to spend huge sums of money to move all the U.S. Coast Guard’s operations to Lake Red Rock, a future president couldn ...