U.S. Sen. John Thune of South Dakota was chosen by his peers to lead his Republican senators in the 119th U.S. Congress.

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

Trump thanked Biden for the invitation — one that Trump himself had not extended to Biden after losing the 2020 election.

President Joe Biden welcomed President-elect Donald Trump to the White House on Wednesday for an Oval Office visit that’s a traditional part of the peaceful handoff of power — a ritual Trump himself d ...

Johnson has said Republicans are ready to deliver on ... who had been a longshot candidate challenging two more senior ...

The Department of Homeland Security has significant responsibilities in countering antisemitism and threats from foreign ...

John Cornyn is running to succeed Mitch McConnell after years waiting in his shadow. But the far-right, in Texas and ...

Noem, 52, is not from a border state and her background is as a state and U.S. lawmaker. However, she has visited the Texas border several times since 2021.

President-elect Donald Trump has started picking top aides while Senate Republicans prepare to elect a new leader. Keep up ...

Speaker Mike Johnson is beginning the hard fight for his gavel, a weeks-long campaign that starts Wednesday during internal ...

In the first seriously contested Senate Republican leadership election in decades, three senators are vying to replace ...

John Thune will become the next U.S. Senate Majority Leader. The secret vote was made public Wednesday morning and several ...