The Iowa senator supports Pete Hegseth for Defense secretary, despite allegations of assault and drinking — but she doesn’t want to talk about it.

Outside of military and political careers ... Details to follow. Senator Joni Ernst was married to a man she says abused her. In January 2019, the Des Moines Register reported on details of ...

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on Wednesday celebrated the mass firing of USAID employees, despite previously complaining that the ...

Iowa, published a list of USAID funding projects over the years, including pottery classes in Morocco and a version 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 ...

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 ...

Joni Ernst said Tuesday she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to ... a senior-level official dedicated to sexual assault prevention and response within the military. In her statement Tuesday evening, ...

Iowa's two U.S. senators have nominated Tyler Tingley of Council Bluffs for the U.S. Naval Academy. U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley ...

The column was titled, “Why under no circumstances should Pete Hegseth be entrusted with the U.S. military. But will Senate Republicans do their duty?” More: Key GOP holdout Joni Ernst says ...

Joni Ernst is lucky she has already completed her military career because she would certainly be rejected now for cowardly conduct. I think with her vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to lead the ...