The president-elect isn’t worried about Senate Republicans growing a backbone. They're unlikely to prove him wrong.

A look at the three candidates: Thune, 63, defeated then-Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle in 2004 after arguing during the campaign that Daschle had lost his South Dakota roots during his years in ...

More than a week after winning the presidency and the Senate, Republicans have finally completed the so-called trifecta and ...

President-elect also nominates Tulsi Gabbard and Marco Rubio for senior roles, while Republicans are projected to win House majority.

Now that Florida Senator Marco Rubio is headed to Donald Trump’s Cabinet, MAGA is out in full force with one specific ...

The mild-mannered South Dakotan and top McConnell ally recently made efforts to patch up his relationship with ...

Donald Trump has won the public embrace of virtually every Republican currently in federal elected office. In private, ...

The new Senate Republican majority is promising to leave the filibuster alone — even if it stands in the way of the Trump ...

Republicans have clinched the White House and Congress, though with a House majority so slim that it might hamper parts of ...

Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota was elected new Senate majority leader, replacing Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky ...

Hours of closed-door huddling with the trio of contenders fielding questions offered few clues to senators over who will ...

Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell announced earlier in the year he would step down from his leadership post, and Sen. John Thune ...