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

Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, securing their hold on the government alongside President-elect ...

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

Sen. John Thune has won an internal election among Republican senators to become the chamber’s next majority leader ...

Representative Michael Guest, the Mississippi Republican who chairs the ethics panel, said his committee only has ...

President-elect Trump’s decision to tap Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to become attorney general caught Senate Republicans ...

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

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

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota was elected the next Senate GOP leader, and will become the Senate majority leader in January ...

Tennessee Registry of Election Finance members are considering a complaint filed by Sen. Ken Yager, chair of the Senate ...

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.