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Joni Ernst

Arcs in the news about Joni Ernst from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Person · 17 stories · 100 articles · earliest story we hold Nov 2, 2023

Right nowactive arcs, newest development first

All arcs1 named arc in 2024

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Gone quiet · 1

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Pete Hegseth's confirmation as defense secretary

8 of 15 stories this year · 3 about Joni Ernst · gone quiet

Trump picks Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth to serve as secretary of defense · 112 articles, Nov 13Trump Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth was involved in investigation into 2017 sexual assault allegation · 21 articles, Nov 13Pete Hegseth paid woman after sex assault allegation, lawyer confirms · 49 articles, Nov 15Hegseth faces growing GOP scrutiny as allegations mount · 5 articles, Dec 3Pete Hegseth fights to save Pentagon nomination as sources say Trump considers Ron DeSantis · 82 articles, Dec 4Trump offers a public show of support for Hegseth and says he believes he can be confirmed · 45 articles, Dec 4Hegseth faces senators’ concerns not only about his behavior but also his views on women in combat · 9 articles, Dec 5Sen. Joni Ernst warms up to Pete Hegseth as Defense secretary after ‘encouraging’ conversation on accusations · 5 articles, Dec 7

Coverage over timeindependent sources per week, by side, every year we hold

202372 articles202487 articles2025194 articles2026220 articles

Earlier years are still being indexed.

Coverage by side is still being counted for Joni Ernst.

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

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