Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) hit back at her fellow Armed Services Committee colleague, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), after Ernst backed down from her opposition to Pentagon chief nominee Pete Hegseth, facing mounting pressure from MAGA allies.

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 Congress and the grassroots in Iowa as he returns to the White House.

President Donald Trump signed the first nine executive orders, memorandums, and letters of his presidency, including a requirement that all federal workers end telework immediately.

Political scientists explain the 'why' behind GOP members' reluctance to challenge Trump's agenda and potential checks from within Congress and the judiciary.

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 ...

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 ...

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Sarah Burris is a long-time veteran of political campaigns, having worked as a fundraiser and media director across the United States. She transitioned into reporting while working for Rock the ...

Joni Ernst announced this week she will vote to ... “Trump's got the bullhorn now to say, ‘MAGA nation is watching,’” outgoing Dallas County Republican Party Chair Kelley Koch said.

Leo the Lion, a MAGA America First voter, has started a new group to purge the Republican Party of sellout RINOs (Republicans In Name Only) in office. The RINO Removal Project (RRP), subtitled “RINOs Become the Politically Hunted,” is targeting some of the most detested sellouts in Congress.

Job-seekers hoping to join the new Trump administration are facing a series of intense loyalty tests, with White House screening teams

Even as handicappers adjudged Pete Hegseth ’s confirmation as secretary of Defense to be all but certain, not one but two Republican senators indicated a hard pass on the poorly qualified bad boy from Fox News.