Donald Trump's pick for Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, is facing stiff criticism from Democrats—but most Republicans back ...

Joni Ernst announced this week she will vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as the nation’s next secretary of defense, it underlined ...

When U.S. Sen. 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 ...

Two Republicans, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, broke ranks to oppose Hegseth.

Three days ahead of Trump’s return to the White House, many of his most prominent Cabinet choices have sailed relatively ...

Iowa GOP U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst reintroduced legislation that would require federal authorities to detain anyone unlawfully present in the United States who has been charged with a crime that ...

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Over the years, more than a dozen authors have written books about the life and music of Joni Mitchell. Yet, no one before Henry Alford thought to begin their tale with a story as tellingly arcane ...

This week, illicit antiquity trading, Harlem Renaissance patrons and whiteness, a new biography of Joni Mitchell, Diane Keaton season, and much more.