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 ...

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

Republicans have finally completed the so-called trifecta and secured the 218 seats required for control of the U.S. House of ...

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

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

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

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 ...

If you wanna get in the way, fine. But we’re gonna try to get you out of the Senate,’ the GOP Alabama senator warned ...

By nominating Matt Gaetz and other dangerous cronies, the President-elect is testing congressional servility.

Senate Republicans returned to Washington for the first time since they secured the Senate majority to determine who will be the new party leader in the chamber.