WASHINGTON — Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous ...

A plan under consideration would upend the party’s traditional method of competing in Senate races and could cause discord ...

The Senate Majority Caucus has concluded its leadership elections to designate legislators to key positions that will guide ...

Democratic Arizona Senate candidate John McLean was killed in an early morning vehicle collision on Friday. Tucson police put out a news release with details of the tragedy after notifying McLean's ...

Senate Republicans tapped John Thune of South Dakota to lead the conference for the next two years and succeed Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving leader of either party in chamber history.

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., was knocked out of the Senate leader race after the first secret ballot on Wednesday morning, during which none of the three candidates received a majority of the votes.

Washington — Senate Republicans elected Sen. John Thune as leader on Wednesday, after Minority Leader Mitch McConnell — the longest serving leader in the Senate history — opted to step down ...

Washington — Senate Republicans on Wednesday elected Sen. John Thune as leader, anointing a new standard bearer to replace Mitch McConnell at the party's helm in the upper chamber. The South ...

The election of Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota as the next leader of his party in the chamber – putting him on track to become Senate majority leader next year – tasks a key ally ...

Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., will be the new Republican Senate leader and the majority leader of the upper chamber in the new Congress. In January, he will succeed Senate Minority ...