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

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

WASHINGTON — Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous ...

Fla., was knocked out of the Senate leader race after the first secret ballot on Wednesday morning, during which none of the ...

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

Senate Republicans will elect a new leader for the first time in 17 years on Wednesday. Originally thought to be a two-person ...

Senate Republicans have selected a new Senate majority leader to succeed Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate party ...

John Thune, 63, defeated Sens. John Cornyn and Rick Scott in the secret-ballot vote to succeed Mitch McConnell as Senate ...

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

John Cornyn is running to succeed Mitch McConnell after years waiting in his shadow. But the far-right, in Texas and ...

GOP Whip John Thune of South Dakota was elected by the Senate Republican Conference to succeed Mitch McConnell as leader in a ...

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