Iowa's Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Tuesday she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to lead the U.S. Department of ...

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

Pete Hegseth could hardly be more suited to be Donald Trump’s secretary of Defense — even though he’d surely be deemed ...

Senators argued that Pete Hegseth does not have the management experience to lead the military's 3.4 million service members ...

GOP Sen. Joni Ernst, a key vote on Pete Hegseth's confirmation as secretary of defense, said Tuesday she is supporting his ...

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of defense picked up the support of two Republicans after Tuesday's ...

The Senate begins holding confirmation hearings Tuesday for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, starting with Pete ...

When President Trump chose me for this position, the primary charge he gave me was — to bring the warrior culture back to the ...

At Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing, Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin used his seven minutes to defend Hegseth against ...

Sen. Joni Ernst revealed she is officially supporting Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense after Tuesday's hearing.

Hegseth, 44, served in the infantry and was deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay. He was awarded two Bronze Stars ...

Sen. Joni Ernst said she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as the next secretary of defense, making the controversial nominee ...