Illinois Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth told Pete Hegseth he was "wholly unqualified" to be confirmed as Defense secretary.

The SBA’s disaster relief program ran out of money in October and more businesses than ever are defaulting on their loans from the agency.

Heading into Tuesday’s confirmation hearing, the Iowa senator’s support for Donald Trump’s pick to run the Pentagon is seen ...

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for defense secretary had a more amicable exchange with Joni Ernst, a Republican, who ...

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) threw her support behind Defense Secretary-designate Pete Hegseth on Tuesday hours after President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon was grilled by senators ...

WASHINGTON – Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, will vote for former Fox News host Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense, she announced Tuesday night after his first confirmation hearing. "He was ...

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 ...

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 ...

When U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst announced this week she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as the nation’s next secretary of defense, it underlined President-elect Donald Trump’s immense sway over ...