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

President Donald Trump fired at least 18 inspectors general across the federal government without required notification to ...

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 ...

Joni Ernst of Iowa told a mostly Republican audience ... Conservative radio show host Dan Bongino called Ernst (and Sen. Lindsey Graham) “the biggest obstacles to Defense Secretary nominee ...

Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a key member of the Senate ... He reiterated that pledge to Ernst at Tuesday’s hearing. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a prominent Republican voice on defense issues in ...

Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who last month called ... But the fireworks did little to change Republican senators’ minds. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a key Republican vote on the committee, didn ...

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 by ...