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

Pennsylvania’s Secretary of the Commonwealth provides an update on the recount in the U.S. Senate race between incumbent ...

Each President-Elect is responsible for nominating the heads of the various cabinet departments. The Senate must provide its advice and consent before these officials are confirmed as full-time, ...

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) clashed with Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) over a bill to provide disaster relief funding to parts of ...

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.

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 ...

Washington insiders are less certain than ever that the second Trump administration will be more professionalized than the ...

Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold ...

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