Republicans chose Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso for the No. 2 leadership post in the Senate alongside South Dakota Sen. John ...

Former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz's nomination for attorney general is being met with a variety of reactions from Republicans, ...

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

Thune did not rule out going into recess so that Trump could appoint cabinet secretaries without Senate confirmation.

Discover how John Thune rose from small-town South Dakota basketball courts to become a powerful figure in the U.S. Senate ...

"Senate Republicans remain aware of Trump's emphasis on loyalty to earn his favor. Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune ...

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

U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota,. arrives for the Senate Republican leadership elections at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 13, ...

The president-elect isn’t worried about Senate Republicans growing a backbone. They're unlikely to prove him wrong.

Senate Republicans elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune to head GOP leadership on Wednesday. Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford has ...

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.

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 ...