Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell announced he would step down from his leadership post earlier this year, ending his historic ...

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's victory came out of the first competitive election for Senate Republican leader in three decades.

S.D., as the next party leader, launching a new era for the GOP after nearly two decades with Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., ...

Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous shift in their leadership that elevates a top deputy of Mitch McConnell into a key ...

In the first seriously contested Senate Republican leadership election in decades, three senators are vying to replace longtime GOP leader Mitch McConnell when he steps down from the post at the begin ...

Photo: Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) ahead of the Senate Republican leadership election in Washington on Nov. 13, 2024. Madalina ...

Donald Trump met with President Biden on Wednesday and announced plans to nominate Rep. Matt Gaetz, Sen. Marco Rubio and ...

Staunch supporters of President-elect Donald Trump expressed their concerns that Sen. John Thune (R-SD) is likely to follow ...

Cornyn has for years signaled he wanted to succeed his close ally GOP leader Mitch McConnell. He lost in a vote decided by ...

Donald Trump has won the public embrace of virtually every Republican currently in federal elected office. In private, ...

Oklahoma's two Republican U.S. Senators did not choose the candidate preferred by President-Elect Donald Trump's inner circle ...