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

But the Trump ally who lost the race to become Senate majority leader says agreeing to recess appointments was part of the ...

President-elect Donald Trump congratulated Sen. John Thune on winning election to the role of Senate majority leader, ...

Cornyn has for years signaled he wanted to succeed his close ally GOP leader Mitch McConnell. He lost in a vote decided by ...

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.

Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous shift in their leadership that elevates a top deputy of Mitch McConnell into a key ...

Senator John Thune (R-SD) has become the leader of the Senate ... candidate and was confident he would eventually carry the ...

Republicans have elected South Dakota senator, John Thune, as the next Senate majority leader replacing Mitch McConnell as ...

President-elect Donald J. Trump is seeking to circumvent the long and drawn-out process of having to submit nominations to ...

President-elect Donald Trump's picks for his Cabinet and other high-profile posts will be a test for the new Senate. Will it ...

Senate Republicans have elected Sen. John Thune (R-SD) – who has long been hostile to LGBTQ+ rights – as the next Senate ...

The Senate will be tasked with confirming the former Florida congressman after being tapped by President-elect Trump to ...