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

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

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

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

Republicans have finally completed the so-called trifecta and secured the 218 seats required for control of the U.S. House of ...

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

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

On Wednesday, Republicans elected Rep ... he has recently aligned himself with the president-elect. "It's a new day in the ...

Republicans are giddy and preparing for at least two years with a trifecta. Democrats are reassessing their losses and ...

Trump has already demanded that Republicans in the Senate allow him recess appointments to fill his government quickly, ...

According to the United States Courts website ... Dick Durbin, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he hoped ...

Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous shift in their leadership that elevates a top deputy of Mitch McConnell into a key ...