Sen. John Thune was privately backed by President-elect Donald Trump, Steve Daines told his colleagues, despite Trump's ...

Donald Trump hates wind power. John Thune may be poised to protect it. Thune, elected Senate majority leader Wednesday by ...

John Thune’s victory on a secret-ballot continued the long tradition, in both parties, of elevating small-state senators to ...

President-elect Donald Trump congratulated Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., after the lawmaker won election to serve as the next ...

The pragmatic establishment figure who offers candid political takes as McConnell’s voter-counter is someone Democrats say is ...

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

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the newly appointed Senate majority leader, sought to quell any doubts among the GOP that he can’t ...

John Thune, 63, defeated Sens. John Cornyn and Rick Scott in the secret-ballot vote to succeed Mitch McConnell as Senate ...

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

Israel is preparing a Lebanon cease-fire plan as a “gift” to Trump, officials said.

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

The president-elect’s choice of combative loyalists who could have trouble being confirmed has raised constitutional ...