FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, is reintroducing legislation that would require federal authorities to take into custody illegal immigrants charged with killing someone, closing what she ...

FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, officially endorsed Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense on Tuesday night, despite expressing some initial uncertainty following their first meeting.

Iowa's Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Tuesday she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to lead the U.S. Department of Defense, ending weeks of speculation about whether she would stand in ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KCRG) - Iowa Republican Senator Joni Ernst was at the White House on Wednesday to join President Donald Trump for the signing of the Laken Riley Act. That act included Sarah’s ...

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 ...

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a key member of the Senate Armed Services Committee who has championed women serving in combat roles, announced Tuesday that she will vote for Pete Hegseth, President ...

Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) — a key vote on the Armed Services Committee — had declined an offer to meet privately with the woman whom Hegseth paid to settle a sexual assault claim. The New Yorker’s ...

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) speaks during a news conference following the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on September 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. Photo: Getty Images ...

Trump’s defense secretary. By Karoun Demirjian Reporting from Washington Senator Joni Ernst, Republican of Iowa, announced on a local news radio show on Tuesday that she would vote to confirm ...

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks during the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be defense secretary, at the U.S ...

The Republican senator is seen as a key vote on Trump's nominee. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, said Tuesday she is supporting Pete Hegseth’s nomination to serve as secretary of defense after ...

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, this week proposed a trio of bills targeting Washington, D.C.,-area federal employees that would mandate agencies move staff—or their entire headquarters—out of the ...