Senate Republicans selected Sen. John Thune of South Dakota to be their leader in the next Congress, three sources with knowledge of the vote said, replacing longtime leader Mitch McConnell, who is ...

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

President Donald Trump is finding that Senate Republicans have a limit as he pushes them to scrap the filibuster.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Republican leadership staff is reviewing “protocol” about the possibility of ...

President Donald Trump acknowledges the shutdown hurt Republicans on Election Day, while Senate Democrats demand he come to ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is throwing a curveball into the shutdown fight as he plans to bring a full-year spending bill for the Pentagon to the floor on Thursday, effectively daring ...

FIRST ON FOX: Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., believed that Senate Democrats were "in a bad place" after they tanked Republicans’ push to consider the annual defense spending bill on Friday ...

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