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

WASHINGTON — Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous ...

The unofficial results in the race for the U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania have triggered a legally required statewide ...

John Thune, 63, defeated Sens. John Cornyn and Rick Scott in the secret-ballot vote to succeed Mitch McConnell as Senate ...

Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) on Wednesday said President-elect Trump’s choice of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) for attorney general ...

Republican majorities in both chambers of the U.S. Congress will give Donald Trump the power to achieve many of his goals ...

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

In the first seriously contested Senate Republican leadership election in decades, three senators are vying to replace ...

Thune beat out two other competitors, Sens. John Cornyn and Rick Scott, by gaining majority support from GOP senators in a ...

President-elect Donald Trump is calling on Republicans in the running for Senate majority leadership to allow him to make ...

Donald Trump wants his incoming party leadership to agree to recess appointments even though Republicans control the Senate.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott is making waves in his push to become Senate Majority Leader, even though his opponents might have ...