President-elect Donald Trump congratulated Sen. John Thune on winning election to the role of Senate majority leader, ...

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

Congressional leadership: Republicans elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader. Meanwhile, ...

Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell announced he would step down from his leadership post earlier this year, ending his historic ...

Senate Republicans have elected Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., as the new Senate majority leader as longtime top Senate Republican ...

A look at the three candidates: Thune, 63, defeated then-Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle in 2004 after arguing during the campaign that Daschle had lost his South Dakota roots during his years in ...

Sen. John Thune's victory came out of the first competitive election for Senate Republican leader in three decades.

Plus, Sen. John Thune will be the next Senate majority leader, while President-elect Donald Trump continues to build his next ...

Senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports the latest on Thune's victory. The 'Outnumbered' panel also weighs in ...

Trump is challenging congressional Republicans to defy him as he says he will nominate controversial figures to his Cabinet.

Recess appointments would allow Donald Trump to appoint his nominees while the Senate is not in session, skirting the ...

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.