Allies of President Donald Trump have been quick to threaten primary challengers for Republican senators who don’t back Trump ...

In the case of Iowa’s Joni Ernst, conservatives threatened ... Kennedy Jr., Trump’s nominee for health secretary South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham, a Trump confidant, has long been targeted ...

Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) threw her support behind Defense ... high,” Hegseth pledged to Ernst during the hearing. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who at one point called the accusations against Hegseth ...

Sen. Joni Ernst said she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as the next secretary of defense, making the controversial nominee's path to the helm of the Pentagon more likely.