Who is John Thune, the next Senate majority leader?
The election of Republican John Thune of South Dakota as Senate majority leader tasks a key ally of Mitch McConnell with ...
Gaetz faces rocky road to confirmation as pressure builds for release of House ethics probe
Top Senate Republicans are withholding support for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of Matt Gaetz to serve as attorney ...
Inside Trump’s latest flurry of controversial Cabinet picks
In the days after President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, allies described his transition effort as far more disciplined than ...
Senate Republicans to choose between the McConnell way and a MAGA upstart
On the heels of the general election last week, there’s another important vote on tap this Wednesday in Washington that will ...
Trump is already wielding power and causing massive disruption
President-elect Donald Trump is already flexing raw power, showing he may try to subvert Washington’s checks and balances and ...
Trump looms large as Congress faces shutdown threat and ‘dizzying’ to-do list
Donald Trump won’t arrive back in the White House until January. But he’ll have fingerprints over every piece of the lame ...
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Sen. John Thune wins Senate majority leader post for incoming Trump government
Thune, a South Dakota conservative, beat Sen John Cornyn of Texas in a 29-24 vote on the second round. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida was eliminated on the first ballot, CNN reported. Thune will replace ...
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Thune urges Trump to stay out of race to replace McConnell
Senate Republican Whip John Thune (S.D.) is urging President-elect ... Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), who told CNN earlier this week that Trump should “stay out of the race.” ...
Who is Sen. John Thune? Do we know who voted for him? What to know about majority leader
Because it's a secret vote, we don't know exactly who voted for Thune to be the Senate Majority Leader, but we know a few of ...