Senate Republicans elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune to succeed Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell as leader of the Senate's ...

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

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

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota was elected the next Senate GOP leader, and will become the Senate majority leader in January ...

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

In the wake of Donald Trump's Election Day triumph, Republicans hope to leverage their control of the White House and ...

The future of Donald Trump’s second term in office will be shaped inside a closed room in the United States Senate on ...

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

Wisconsin Senate candidate Eric Hovde, who lost to incumbent Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin, posted a video on X Tuesday ...

Senate Republicans on Wednesday elected John Thune to be the next Republican leader to succeed Mitch McConnell in a position ...

Writer says "McConnell is one wily guy," except for failing to support the impeachment of Donald Trump for the Jan. 6 ...