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

Conservatives in Louisiana view the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a litmus test for President Trump's agenda.

Combat veteran and former Fox News host Pete Hegseth is among President-elect Trump's more controversial cabinet nominees.

In the case of Iowa’s Joni Ernst, conservatives threatened to run against her if she didn’t back Trump's pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth — before she announced she would. Louisiana ...

Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) (L) introduces U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ...

Hegseth has seen a wave of support from Republicans, including Sen. Joni Ernst, of Iowa, who previously expressed concerns about his nomination. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., said Hegseth passed ...

One of those allegations: that he brought young female staffers to a Louisiana strip club in 2014 ... that of Republican Sen. Joni Ernst, of Iowa, an Iraq veteran and sexual assault survivor.

Louisiana is set to become the first US state to secure final ... and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Last month, Senator Joni Ernst told the US Department for Government Efficiency ...