The incoming Senate majority leader is going to have at least three fights on his hands to confirm Donald Trump’s latest ...

Kennedy, a former Democrat who ran as an independent in this year’s presidential race, abandoned his bid after striking a ...

John Thune’s victory on a secret-ballot continued the long tradition, in both parties, of elevating small-state senators to ...

S.D., became the next Senate majority leader after two rounds of voting, taking the reins of the party from the longest ...

Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) weighed in on President-elect Trump’s controversial decision to elevate ...

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Discover how John Thune rose from small-town South Dakota basketball courts to become a powerful figure in the U.S. Senate ...

The president-elect isn’t worried about Senate Republicans growing a backbone. They're unlikely to prove him wrong.

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.