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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Associated Press projects Republicans will hold an extraordinarily thin majority in the House of Representatives, ...

speaks in support of Ohio Republican candidate for the United States Senate, Bernie Moreno (not pictured) during a bus tour ...

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