Joni Ernst of Iowa stayed quiet after President Donald Trump announced that Pete Hegseth ... Kari Lake. Ernst is a combat veteran and sexual assault survivor who was leery of Hegseth (as she ...

Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of U.S. Defense, Pete ... Hegseth’s positions on racial equity mirror rhetoric that has been expressed by Trump and several of his White House cabinet ...

WASHINGTON — Pete Hegseth ... Afghanistan, Hegseth, 44, says he believes that standards have declined and that efforts to expand diversity, equity and inclusion have driven white men away.

The Senate on Friday night voted to confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary after Vice President JD Vance stepped in to cast the tiebreaking vote. Hegseth’s nomination had been hampered by ...

More:Kari Lake returns to Iowa for MAGA event as questions swirl about her political prospects Some see Joni Ernst's vote on Pete Hegseth as 'a decision of political expedience' ahead of 2026 ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pulling the security protections and clearance of retired Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Mark ...

That water was discharged into the dry lakebed of Tulare Lake, according to a letter from Sen. Alex Padilla to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ... The US Army Corps of Engineers and the White House ...

The day’s schedule was packed with traditional events — there was a White House meeting with ... to lead the Pentagon and the F.B.I., Pete Hegseth and Kash Patel, both of whom have pledged ...

The White House memo announcing a federal spending freeze ... as Joni Ernst of Iowa learned when she first voiced reservations about Pete Hegseth after he was nominated for defense secretary. The ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A midair collision between an Army helicopter and a jetliner killed all 67 people aboard the two ...