Thune, of South Dakota, beat out Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida in a secret ballot election to replace Mitch McConnell.

Democrats were projected to win at least 208 House seats and Republicans 215 seats as of Friday. A party needs 218 seats in order to have the majority.

President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he intends to nominate U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz as the next attorney ...

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard to be the next director of national ...

Sen. John Thune (R-SD) was elected the Senate Majority Leader to a mixed reaction from Republicans. Thune succeeds Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who has been the party’s leader in ...

Donald Trump will meet with top lawmakers on Wednesday – the same day members of the House and Senate vote on crucial congressional leadership posts.

Only about 49 of the House seats were truly in play to be flipped. Democrats were able to flip two seats in New York, which ...

Senate Republicans voted, anonymously, to elect Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) the next Senate Majority Leader, after Republicans flipped the Senate in last week’s election. Thune beat out Sen. Rick Scott ...

U.S. Senate Republicans on Wednesday elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as that chamber’s next majority leader during a ...