Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is slated to step down from his leadership role at the end of the year. In a statement published ...

Recess appointments would allow Donald Trump to appoint his nominees while the Senate is not in session, skirting the ...

The future of Donald Trump’s second term in office will be shaped inside a closed room in the United States Senate on ...

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

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 ...

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

The pragmatic establishment figure who offers candid political takes as McConnell’s voter-counter is someone Democrats say is ...

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.

Senator John Thune (R-SD) has become the leader of the Senate Republican Conference for the upcoming 119th Congress and ...

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

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

President-elect Donald Trump's post-election honeymoon with Republican party lawmakers hit a major bump on Wednesday during a ...