A look at the three candidates: Thune, 63, defeated then-Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle in 2004 after arguing during the campaign that Daschle had lost his South Dakota roots during his years in ...

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz resigned from Congress Wednesday, ending an ethics probe into allegations of sex trafficking, sexual ...

Pennsylvania Senate race heads to recount as McCormick leads Casey I toured an Air Force One plane used by 4 US presidents.

Lawmakers in the House and Senate are set to elect their leaders on Wednesday after Republicans scored a trifecta — winning ...

Donald Trump will begin his second term as president the same way he began his first—with Republicans controlling both the ...

Sen. John Thune has been voted Senate Majority Leader, replacing Mitch McConnell, following a secret-ballot vote on Wednesday.

President Joe Biden will welcome President-elect Donald Trump to the White House on Wednesday for an Oval Office visit that is a traditional part of the peaceful handoff of power — a ritual Trump ...

The GOP leaders were gathering behind closed doors to choose via secret ballot between South Dakota’s John Thune, John Cornyn ...

The Kentucky stalwart, 82, has been the GOP leader in the Senate since 2007. Although the men viscerally dislike one another — McConnell was booed at Trump’s 2024 convention — McConnell and Trump were ...

Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell announced earlier in the year he would step down from his leadership post, and Sen. John Thune ...

Who senators choose, and whether Trump ultimately endorses a candidate in the final hours, could set the tone for Trump’s ...