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

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

U.S. Senate Republicans elected John Thune to lead the chamber next year, opting for a well-regarded insider and shrugging ...

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

The new Senate Republican majority is promising to leave the filibuster alone — even if it stands in the way of the Trump ...

Keeping the House would give Republicans the power to ram through policies like tax cuts, energy deregulation and border ...

Trump suggested on Sunday bypassing Senate confirmation of his political appointments through the use of recess appointments.

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), a staunch ally of President-elect Trump, warned Republican colleagues Wednesday that ...

On Wednesday, Republicans elected Rep ... he has recently aligned himself with the president-elect. "It's a new day in the ...

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

Trump has already demanded that Republicans in the Senate allow him recess appointments to fill his government quickly, ...

According to the United States Courts website ... Dick Durbin, the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he hoped ...