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 ...

Trump said Wednesday he will nominate Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz to serve as his attorney general, naming a loyalist in the role of the nation’s top prosecutor. In selecting Gaetz, 42, Trump passed over ...

Matt Gaetz is among Trump's most controversial Cabinet picks and will face a steep uphill confirmation battle in the Senate.

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary Pete Hegseth has railed against women in combat, voiced support for ...

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

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, was once embroiled in a sex trafficking ...

After his election win in 2016, Trump met with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office and called it “a great honor.” But ...

Donald Trump announced more campaign loyalists could join his administration, inducing Matt Gaetz, Tulsi Gabbard and Marco ...

The current director, Avril Haines, was confirmed by the Senate in 2021 following several years in a number of ... Elise ...

Gaetz’s selection was first pushed out on Trump’s social media network instead of a more formal announcement from his ...

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