Trump announced several controversial cabinet nominees, including Democrat-turned-Republican Tulsi Gabbard for director of ...

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

The Senate Majority Caucus has concluded its leadership elections to designate legislators to key positions that will guide ...

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

The Republican president-elect's victory and the GOP takeover of the Senate leaves just seven weeks of Democratic control of ...

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

Republicans have a comfortable three-seat majority in the Senate, but there is no guarantee every Republican will be on board ...

The election of Republican John Thune of South Dakota as Senate majority leader tasks a key ally of Mitch McConnell with ...

Recess appointments would allow Donald Trump to appoint his nominees while the Senate is not in session, skirting the ...

In the first seriously contested Senate Republican leadership election in decades, three senators are vying to replace ...

With elections in the past and the next legislative session around the corner many new Senators were sworn in.

Republican majorities in both chambers of the U.S. Congress will give Donald Trump the power to achieve many of his goals ...