A crash between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter also claimed the lives of students, as a group of union ...

An event for Kari Lake in Iowa was conveniently canceled after wayward Sen. Joni Ernst voted to confirm Trump's Defense ...

Lake's homecoming to the state initially came as Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, faced intense backlash from President Donald Trump ...

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated PressPete Hegseth was sworn in Saturday as the nation's 29th secretary of defense, quickly ...

Allies of President Donald Trump have been quick to threaten primary challengers for Republican senators who don’t back Trump ...

Pete Hegseth ... He was also questioned about the issue by Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, an Iraq veteran and a survivor of sexual assault. Hegseth reiterated an earlier promise to Ernst that he will ...

Iowa's Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Tuesday she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to lead the ... is the chief politics reporter for the Des Moines Register. Reach her at [email protected] ...

Pete Hegseth has made it through his confirmation hearing and now appears to be on a glide path for confirmation as secretary of defense. The hearing, which lasted four hours, subjected Hegseth to ...

Joni Ernst announced this week she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as the ... who grew up in eastern Iowa, is headlining a political event in West Des Moines later this month in what some ...