If Senator Marco Rubio becomes secretary of state, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida will choose his replacement. Some lawmakers ...

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

Senate won’t confirm, say, Matt Gaetz as attorney general? Just wait until they leave — maybe even if they don’t want to.

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota is one of the most powerful people in Washington that folks outside D.C. have never heard of.

The 2024 election cycle has come to an abrupt end with the reelection of Donald Trump and the Republican Party re-taking ...

Republicans have won enough seats to keep control of the House of Representatives, ABC News projects, clinching a unified GOP ...

Sen. John Thune​ of South Dakota won on the second round of voting against Sen. John Cornyn​ of Texas in the race for Senate ...

It was the first seriously contested Senate Republican leadership election in decades. Three senators were competing to ...

U.S. Senate Republicans elected John Thune to lead the chamber next year, opting for a well-regarded insider and shrugging ...

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

On the heels of the general election last week, there’s another important vote on tap this Wednesday in Washington that will ...