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

Some Senate Republicans have balked at Trump's picking Matt Gaetz to serve as his attorney general. And then there's Tommy ...

Pressure is rising in the US Senate for details on the House’s sexual misconduct probe into Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump’s ...

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 ...

President-elect Trump took a victory lap in the nation’s capital, bouncing from meetings with House Republicans to President ...

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

Trump suggested on Sunday bypassing Senate confirmation of his political appointments through the use of recess appointments.

Keeping the House would give Republicans the power to ram through policies like tax cuts, energy deregulation and border ...

With the GOP on the brink of a governing trifecta in Washington, Trump looms larger than ever, particularly on Capitol Hill, where his influence looks set to grow.

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

For all the drama generated every four years by Cabinet appointments, defeat of a nominee by a vote in the Senate is ...