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

The mild-mannered South Dakotan and top McConnell ally recently made efforts to patch up his relationship with ...

Senate Republicans returned to Washington for the first time since they secured the Senate majority to determine who will be ...

Trump announced several controversial cabinet nominees, including Democrat-turned-Republican Tulsi Gabbard for director of ...

Moderate Sen. Susan Collins confirmed Thursday that she intends to defend her seat and vie for a sixth term in what is widely ...

President-elect Donald Trump's picks for his Cabinet and other high-profile posts will be a test for the new Senate. Will it ...

A U.S. Senate panel on Thursday advanced the nomination of one of Democratic President Joe Biden's final picks to serve as a ...

Republican senators signaled Thursday that they plan to closely scrutinize allegations of wrongdoing dogging Trump’s pick to ...

Republicans are going to court in Pennsylvania amid vote counting in the U.S. Senate election between Democratic Sen. Bob ...

The South Dakota Republican failed in his first try for the Senate but came back to defeat a chamber leader. Now he will be ...

Plus, Sen. John Thune will be the next Senate majority leader, while President-elect Donald Trump continues to build his next ...

A look at the three candidates: Thune, 63, defeated then-Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle in 2004 after arguing during the campaign that Daschle had lost his South Dakota roots during his years in ...