Joni Ernst pressed Pete Hegseth about women’s roles in the military and thanked him for their “frank ... “equal” but not “equitable” standards for those serving in uniform, agreed that women should ...

Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) during his confirmation hearing Tuesday . Roughly two hours into the lengthy meeting with members, Ernst asked Hegseth if he would back the ongoing ability for women to serve in ...

Joni Ernst, one of the Republican senators who ... Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Democrat, secured changes to the uniform code of military justice that “will demand time and attention from ...

Initial Republican holdout supporting Pete Hegseth as secretary of Defense, Sen. Joni Ernst, questioned the nominee about her ...

Republican Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, who initially did not publicly back Pete Hegseth's nomination as secretary of Defense, publicly questioned the nominee on Tuesday morning on her three "very ...