Donald Trump was elected with a mandate last week. He's now using it to challenge Republican senators to confirm his Cabinet ...

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A look at the three candidates: Thune, 63, defeated then-Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle in 2004 after arguing during the campaign that Daschle had lost his South Dakota roots during his years in ...

Republicans who criticized Gaetz in the past urged colleagues to keep an open mind about him as attorney general.

Thune beat out two other competitors, Sens. John Cornyn and Rick Scott, by gaining majority support from GOP senators in a ...

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Thune, of South Dakota, beat out Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida in a secret ballot election to replace Mitch McConnell.

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The South Dakota senator prevailed over John Cornyn and Trump ally Rick Scott in the vote Wednesday.