Responding to Trump is a challenge for anyone in government, but the position of majority leader is especially influential. In defending the Senate’s independence and norms, McConnell has sometimes ...

Sen. John Thune said he wanted to confirm Trump's cabinet nominees and collaborate with him to make spending cuts and ...

The once and future president tried to oust Thune from the Senate in 2022. Thune won another term. Now, he’s the Senate ...

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

Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota was elected new Senate majority leader, replacing Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky ...

Sen. John Thune was privately backed by President-elect Donald Trump, Steve Daines told his colleagues, despite Trump's ...

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

The election of Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota as the next leader of his party in the chamber – putting him on ...

Republican John Thune, who has been voted leader of the Senate, has not shied away from criticizing President-elect Donald ...

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota is set to lead the Senate as majority leader in the new Congress, after Republicans flipped ...

Trump's cabinet nominations require Senate confirmation, and despite a GOP majority, he may struggle to get his picks ...

Fla., is running as the MAGA candidate, while longtime McConnell deputies John Cornyn, R-Texas, and John Thune, R-S.D., tout ...