Senator Joni Ernst has announced she intends to vote for Pete Hegseth in his Senate confirmation, making his path to becoming defense secretary much easier. The Iowa Republican had previously said ...

Gen. Christopher Finerty’s colleagues told investigators the relationships were “highly inappropriate” as they could give the ...

Joni Ernst, according to two sources with knowledge ... about President Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, and though she had later made encouraging statements, she ...

Pete Hegseth met with senators on Capitol Hill last month. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Pete Hegseth has been accused of financial mismanagement while leading two small nonprofit organizations ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth defended the Trump administration’s purge of top military lawyers because they don’t want people in those roles who “attempt to be roadblocks to ...

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