Iowa's Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Tuesday she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to lead the U.S. Department ... Brianne Pfannenstiel is the chief politics reporter for the Des Moines ...

Pete Hegseth may not have lived in Forest Lake for many years now, but his imprint in Forest Lake history was well ...

Pete Hegseth ... was abusive. (Hegseth has denied the allegations.) Yet, Hegseth's nomination survived the confirmation process. And he even managed to win the support of Iowa Republican Sen.

Joni Ernst of Iowa stayed quiet after President Donald Trump announced that Pete Hegseth would be his nominee to head the ...

Arizona political figure Kari Lake's return to Iowa this week for a MAGA event has been postponed. The "Welcome Home Kari Lake" event was originally scheduled for Jan. 30 at the West Des Moines ...