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

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

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

Congressional leadership: Republicans elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader. Meanwhile, ...

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

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

Staunch supporters of President-elect Donald Trump expressed their concerns that Sen. John Thune (R-SD) is likely to follow ...

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

WASHINGTON—Republican senators chose John Thune of South Dakota as their first new leader in nearly two decades, opting for ...

Senate Republicans have elected Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., as the next Senate majority leader this week. Thune won in a secret ...

Newly elected Senate Majority Leader John Thune faces a series of confrontations ahead within his own party.