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.

Democrats were projected to win at least 208 House seats and Republicans 215 seats as of Friday. A party needs 218 seats in order to have the majority.

: Donald Trump has won Arizona to complete a sweep of the swing states. With his victory in Nevada earlier today, the home of ...

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

The left sees setbacks on abortion, drug legalization, minimum wage and election-process questions from coast to coast.

Otega Oweh knocked down four free throws in the final 10.3 seconds and No. 19 Kentucky claimed the first big win of Mark Pope’s coaching tenure, knocking off No. 6 Duke 77-72 in the ...

Predictions for all of the top 25 men’s college basketball games today, along with start times, TV channels and live ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Dazia Lawrence made all of her shots in the first quarter to score 15 points and finished with 19 as she ignited No. 20 Kentucky's 76-42 win over Wofford on Tuesday night.

The 17-year-old Flagg, who has been projected as the possible top pick in next year's NBA draft, had cramping issues in No. 6 ...

Republican senators will cast a secret ballot on Wednesday, and whoever is elected to replace McConnell will inherit a solid ...

A newly elected local councilwoman was featured in a satirical political show on HBO, and Gov. Andy Beshear published a guest ...

Duke is a 5.5-point favorite in the game and is 13 spots above Kentucky in the AP poll. KenPom has it 83-76 Duke and has the ...