Sen. John Thune has won an internal election among Republican senators to become the chamber’s next majority leader ...

The outcome of the secret leadership ballot, expected after the November election, is deeply uncertain. It’s a weighty choice ...

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

The pragmatic establishment figure who offers candid political takes as McConnell’s voter-counter is someone Democrats say is ...

Yet some of Thune’s own views — political and personal — don’t sync up with the leader of the Republican Party, ...

Thune, of South Dakota, beat out Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida in a secret ballot election to replace Mitch McConnell.

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 his public supporters.

The South Dakota senator prevailed over John Cornyn and Trump ally Rick Scott in the vote Wednesday.

Pro-life advocacy groups, which constitute an essential part of the Republican Party’s electoral coalition, reacted favorably ...

As attorney general, Gaetz will be fully empowered to carry out Trump’s—and his own—incindiary mandate, litigating culture ...

Senate Republicans have elected Senator John Thune of South Dakota as the next Senate majority leader. John Thune, the ...

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 ...