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.

The at-times raucous meeting will pave the way for the House and Senate to take up the resolutions ... abortion until fetal viability in nine states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Maryland, Michigan, ...

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.

The South Dakota Republican failed in his first try for the Senate but came back to defeat a chamber leader. Now he will be ...

Rubio, Stefanik, Gaetz and Noem will need to resign due to a Constitutional clause and similar state laws that prevent ...

Federal prosecutors say some evidence that a judge had excluded from the bribery trial of former New Jersey Sen.

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 13: Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Sen. Steve ...

Republican John Thune of South Dakota is elected next Senate majority leader, making him a key partner in power to Trump ...

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

Two decades after John Thune ignited his political brand by knocking off Democratic Senate Leader Tom Daschle in South Dakota ...

The institutionalist South Dakotan emerged victorious over a right-wing, MAGA-backed challenge from Senator Rick Scott of ...