Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell announced he would step down from his leadership post earlier this year, ending his historic ...

The pragmatic establishment figure who offers candid political takes as McConnell’s voter-counter is someone Democrats say is ...

President-elect Donald Trump congratulated Sen. John Thune on winning election to the role of Senate majority leader, ...

Just hours after Republican Sen. John Thune was elected as the incoming Senate majority leader, President-elect Donald Trump ...

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

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

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota was elected the next Senate GOP leader, and will become the Senate majority leader in January ...

Republicans have officially won a full trifecta of power in Washington, D.C., following GOP victories in several key U.S.

In the wake of Donald Trump's Election Day triumph, Republicans hope to leverage their control of the White House and ...

The mild-mannered South Dakotan and top McConnell ally recently made efforts to patch up his relationship with ...

The leadership election marks a monumental changing of the guard after nearly two decades with McConnell as Senate GOP leader ...

Senate Republicans elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune to succeed Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell as leader of the Senate's ...