Sen. John Thune was privately backed by President-elect Donald Trump, Steve Daines told his colleagues, despite Trump's ...

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

The South Dakota Republican failed in his first try for the Senate but came back to defeat a chamber leader. Now he will be ...

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 ...

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

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

Sen. John Thune (R-SD) was selected as the next Republican leader of the U.S. Senate, succeeding Mitch McConnell. Thune ...

Senate Republicans elected Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., to the chamber’s top leadership position on Wednesday in a secret ballot ...

Sen. John Thune (R-SD), a longtime politician, will succeed Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in becoming the next Senate majority ...

Sen. John Thune was privately backed by President-elect Donald Trump, Steve Daines told his colleagues, despite Trump's ...

John Thune will become the next Senate majority leader, committed to enacting President-elect Donald Trump's agenda.