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

Republican John Thune of South Dakota is elected next Senate majority leader, making him a key partner in power to Trump ...

Before the Senate, Thune represented in the House, worked as the executive director of the South Dakota Republican Party and ...

The 63-year-old won 25 votes for Senate majority leader, while Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, got 15 and Florida Sen. Rick Scott ...

Cornyn had for years signaled he wanted to succeed his close ally GOP leader Mitch McConnell. On Wednesday, he lost in a vote ...

Thune, a senator from South Dakota, has differed with Donald Trump at times but now says he's committed to Trump's agenda.

Thune, who is 63 and in his fourth Senate term, has promised to work closely with President-elect Donald Trump despite ...

Two decades after John Thune ignited his political brand by knocking off Democratic Senate Leader Tom Daschle in South Dakota ...

A group of 45 South Dakota current and elected legislators have written to U.S. Sen. John Thune, asking him to use his new position to focus on the ever-rising federal debt. Republican U.S ...

Republican senators chose South Dakota Sen. John Thune as their new leader in a closed-door vote on Wednesday. He will take ...

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

Thune will replace Senator Mitch Mcconnell of Kentucky, who is stepping down from party leadership after a record 18-year ...