Joni Ernst announced this week she will vote to ... And in 2019, she was the only Republican to oppose Air Force Gen. John Hyten’s confirmation as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ...

The Air Force’s top civilian leader has directed ... given the standards remain high,” Hegseth told Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a fellow Army veteran and proponent of women being allowed to ...

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 ...

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) stressed that the U.S. Agency for International Development needs to provide “a hand up, not a handout” if the Department of Government Efficiency is going to ...

Joni Ernst of ... of Defense," Ernst said in a statement. "As I serve on the Armed Services Committee, I will work with Pete to create the most lethal fighting force and hold him to his ...

In a service where women were not permitted to fly in combat until 1993, adapting to a growing female population has been slow and hard-fought, advocates say.