The Republican president-elect's victory and the GOP takeover of the Senate leaves just seven weeks of Democratic control of ...

John Thune’s victory on a secret-ballot continued the long tradition, in both parties, of elevating small-state senators to ...

Donald Trump’s increasingly provocative Cabinet picks have left some Republican senators aghast and Washington in shock.

Texas House Republican Brian Harrison said the proposal would "ensure our U.S. Senators serve the best interest of the State ...

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

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 ...

Trump is challenging congressional Republicans to defy him as he says he will nominate controversial figures to his Cabinet.

The leadership election marks a monumental changing of the guard after nearly two decades with McConnell as Senate GOP leader ...

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.

Sen. John Thune​ of South Dakota won on the second round of voting against Sen. John Cornyn​ of Texas in the race for Senate ...

November 14, 2024 - Washington, D.C. -- A bipartisan bill to reauthorize the U.S. Forest Service’s Secure Rural Schools and ...

Republican senators overwhelmingly agree with Thune about that ... meaning voters officially handed Trump and his party all the levers of power in Washington. But a majority that is likely to be slim ...