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

Republican John Thune of South Dakota is elected next Senate majority leader, making him a key partner in power to Trump ...

Before the Senate, Thune represented in the House, worked as the executive director of the South Dakota Republican Party and ...

Cornyn had for years signaled he wanted to succeed his close ally GOP leader Mitch McConnell. On Wednesday, he lost in a vote ...

The 63-year-old won 25 votes for Senate majority leader, while Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, got 15 and Florida Sen. Rick Scott ...

Thune, a senator from South Dakota, has differed with Donald Trump at times but now says he's committed to Trump's agenda.

Thune, who is 63 and in his fourth Senate term, has promised to work closely with President-elect Donald Trump despite ...

Two decades after John Thune ignited his political brand by knocking off Democratic Senate Leader Tom Daschle in South Dakota ...

John Thune to be the new Senate majority leader began 20 years ago in one of the hardest fought, consequential Senate elections in the last 60 years. The 2004 South Dakota senate race was second ...

A group of 45 South Dakota current and elected legislators have written to U.S. Sen. John Thune, asking him to use his new position to focus on the ever-rising federal debt. Republican U.S ...

U.S. Senate Republicans elected Sen. John Thune of South Dakota to be the Majority Leader starting in January, opting for a seasoned Washington insider despite pressure by supporters of ...

Republican senators chose South Dakota Sen. John Thune as their new leader in a closed-door vote on Wednesday. He will take ...