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Backlash to Iowa Republican US Sen. Joni Ernst mounts amid Pete Hegseth nomination fight
The pressure campaign against U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst is mounting — including from some Iowa Republicans — as she has so ...
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Joni Ernst’s winding road to supporting Pete Hegseth
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) speaks at the Capitol on Nov. 19. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post) A good decade ago I ...
Forget Mexico. Could Kari Lake be shipped off to Iowa to challenge Joni Ernst? | Opinion
Fresh off her second loss in Arizona, there's talk of a drive to get Kari Lake to return to her native Iowa to challenge GOP ...
The Gazette2d
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst says she had ‘encouraging’ meeting with controversial Pentagon pick
Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst issued a more positive assessment on Monday after a second meeting with Pete Hegseth, ...
Trump allies drilled down on Joni Ernst in pressure campaign to save Hegseth
The Monday meeting between Hegseth and Ernst appeared to show progress in the Defense secretary nominee's efforts to get her ...
Sen. Joni Ernst wants to hear from Hegseth on sex assault in the military and women in combat
Republican Sen. Joni Ernst made her most expansive comments yet on Pete Hegseth. The Iowa senator and military veteran said ...
The Gazette6d
Ashley Hinson defends Joni Ernst over senator’s hesitancy to back Trump’s defense secretary pick
Hinson calls Ernst a ‘fierce conservative fighter’ and defended her call for a thorough vetting of Trump’s nominees ...
Sen. Ernst says she'll support Hegseth 'through this process,' stops short of endorsement
Iowa“I appreciate Pete Hegseth’s responsiveness and respect for the process. Following our encouraging conversations, Pete ...