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

Republican Senators Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Mike Lee and Ron Johnson have all endorsed Scott, as have leading figures in the ...

Trump stayed out of the contest, but he made public demands for the incoming majority leader to allow him to make recess ...

In the first seriously contested Senate Republican leadership election in decades, three senators are vying to replace ...

Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota was elected new Senate majority leader, replacing Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky ...

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota is the new majority leader. He'll replace longtime GOP leader Mitch McConnell, who is ...

The Florida senator Rick Scott is the front-runner to become the new Senate majority leader, with several Republican senators ...

John Thune of South Dakota as the next leader of his party in the chamber – putting him on track to become Senate majority ...

John Thune has been selected as the new Senate majority leader, beating out John Cornyn of Texas, and Rick Scott of Florida.

South Dakota Sen. John Thune was elected to the position on Wednesday, beating out Scott and Sen. John Cornyn of Texas.

Republicans elected Sen. John Thune as the Senate majority leader in a closed-door ballot on Wednesday. Thune is a close ally ...

Fla., lost his bid Wednesday to lead the U.S. Senate. He campaigned for the post as a loyalist to Donald Trump.