SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota - U.S. Sen. John Thune was chosen by his peers on Wednesday to lead his Republican colleagues as ...

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

Senate Republicans are expected to debut their new leadership team in a press conference around 2:00 pm, after selecting a ...

Because it's a secret vote, we don't know exactly who voted for Thune to be the Senate Majority Leader, but we know a few 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 ...

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 ...

Cornyn has for years signaled he wanted to succeed his close ally GOP leader Mitch McConnell. He lost in a vote decided by ...

Israel is preparing a Lebanon cease-fire plan as a “gift” to Trump, officials said.

Sen. John Thune, R-SD, says he’s “extremely honored” to have gotten the support “to lead the Senate in the 119th Congress,” ...

GOP Senators rally behind McConnell’s long-time deputy.

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