Iowa's Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Tuesday she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to lead the U.S. Department ... Brianne Pfannenstiel is the chief politics reporter for the Des Moines ...

By December, DeSantis had worked his way into the discussion for Trump’s defense secretary when Pete Hegseth encountered ...

Pete Hegseth ... was abusive. (Hegseth has denied the allegations.) Yet, Hegseth's nomination survived the confirmation process. And he even managed to win the support of Iowa Republican Sen.

WASHINGTON – The Senate narrowly confirmed Pete Hegseth on Friday as secretary of Defense, a win for President Donald Trump's new administration after its 44-year-old nominee fended off ...

Joni Ernst of Iowa stayed quiet ... Great Again-themed event in Des Moines. Not long after that, Ernst told an Iowa radio station that she would be voting for Hegseth. It’s probably just ...