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 – Republicans have won both the House and the Senate, giving the GOP total control over Congress for at least the next two years and creating a friendly path for President-elect Donald ...

Sen. John Thune of Montana is the new majority leader, replacing longtime GOP leader Mitch McConnell, who is stepping aside ...

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 ...