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

Thune, of South Dakota, beat out Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida in a secret ballot election to replace Mitch McConnell.

Republicans are giddy and preparing for at least two years with a trifecta. Democrats are reassessing their losses and ...

In today’s edition, senior national political reporter Sahil Kapur looks at how newly elected Senate Republican leader John Thune's relationship ... meaning voters officially handed Trump and his ...

Steve Scalise (R-La.) as majority leader, Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) as majority whip, and Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) as ...

Choosing billionaire Elon Musk to be what President-elect Donald Trump calls “our cost cutter” for the U.S. government, is ...

The GOP leaders were gathering behind closed doors to choose via secret ballot between South Dakota’s John Thune, John Cornyn ...

The Republican Party has managed to maintain control of the U.S. House of Representatives, unofficial results show, securing ...

Proposed agency relocations outside D.C. threaten Trump’s deregulation legacy and may expand federal bureaucracy nationwide ...

Photo: Leah Millis/Reuters WASHINGTON—Republican senators ... Thune will need to hold together the dueling wings of the Republican Party—particularly given its narrow 53-47 majority—when differences ...