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

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

U.S. Senate Republicans elected John Thune to lead the chamber next year, opting for a well-regarded insider and shrugging ...

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

The new Senate Republican majority is promising to leave the filibuster alone — even if it stands in the way of the Trump ...

Mitch McConnell is on his way out—and Donald Trump’s biggest allies are trying to bully Republican senators into backing ...

Keeping the House would give Republicans the power to ram through policies like tax cuts, energy deregulation and border ...

Trump suggested on Sunday bypassing Senate confirmation of his political appointments through the use of recess appointments.

On Wednesday, Republicans elected Rep ... he has recently aligned himself with the president-elect. "It's a new day in the ...

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), a staunch ally of President-elect Trump, warned Republican colleagues Wednesday that ...

Trump has already demanded that Republicans in the Senate allow him recess appointments to fill his government quickly, ...

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