The Republican senator from Iowa faces some criticism from Iowa activists. Her Senate seat is up in the 2026 election.

The record of Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Pentagon, should disqualify him for such a pivotal national ...

Iowa U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley told reporters that Trump’s cabinet picks align with who voters chose in the election, though ...

The pressure campaign to flip Sen. Joni Ernst‘s (R-IA) feelings about Pete Hegseth running the Department of Defense appears to have worked. Normally a staunch ally of President-elect Donald ...

When Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa told a mostly Republican audience Dec. 7 that she needed to hear more from Pete Hegseth to support him for defense secretary, she prominently added: “I am a survivor ...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren insinuated that there are concerns that Army veteran Pete Hegseth could be an "insider threat" due to ...

“I'm very concerned about who it’s going to be, but the mandate of the election is people want change,” Grassley said. “Pete ...

Pete Hegseth is in no way qualified to be Secretary ... then the agricultural sector of Joni Ernst’s Iowa will be decimated. Seems like she ought to be concerned about that.

HEGSETH FACES NUMEROUS ALLEGATIONS, INCLUDING SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AND EXCESSIVE DRINKING. IT IS STILL UNCLEAR IF IOWA REPUBLICAN SENATOR JONI ERNST WILL SUPPORT HER CONFIRMATION. CHIEF POLITICAL ...

HEGSETH FACES NUMEROUS ALLEGATIONS, INCLUDING SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AND EXCESSIVE DRINKING. IT IS STILL UNCLEAR IF IOWA REPUBLICAN SENATOR JONI ERNST WILL SUPPORT HER CONFIRMATION. CHIEF POLITICAL ...