The mild-mannered South Dakotan and top McConnell ally recently made efforts to patch up his relationship with ...

Sen. John Thune has won an internal election among Republican senators to become the chamber’s next majority leader ...

Senate Republicans returned to Washington for the first time since they secured the Senate majority to determine who will be ...

Trump announced several controversial cabinet nominees, including Democrat-turned-Republican Tulsi Gabbard for director of ...

Republican lawmakers increasingly say not only that Trump has a mandate, but that his mandate is all that matters.

Plus, Sen. John Thune will be the next Senate majority leader, while President-elect Donald Trump continues to build his next ...

Republican senators signaled Thursday that they plan to closely scrutinize allegations of wrongdoing dogging Trump’s pick to ...

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 ...

Gaetz resigned from the House shortly after the AG announcement, ending the House Ethics investigation against him.

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The victory by Thune, a well-regarded institutionalist, shows that while the Senate Republican Conference has ... once again will pose challenges for the party — especially as Trump pulls from the ...