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

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

U.S. Senate Republicans will gather behind closed doors on Wednesday to pick their next leader in the face of a public ...

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

Who senators choose, and whether Trump ultimately endorses a candidate in the final hours, could set the tone for Trump’s ...

Senate Republicans returned to Washington for the first time since they secured the Senate majority to determine who will be ...

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is expected to join President-elect Donald Trump at the meeting of U.S. House of ...

Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) on Wednesday said President-elect Trump’s choice of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) for attorney general ...

With the GOP on the brink of a governing trifecta in Washington, Trump looms larger than ever, particularly on Capitol Hill, where his influence looks set to grow.

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

Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota will officially become majority leader when the new Senate is sworn in on Jan. 3.

S.D., as the next party leader, launching a new era for the GOP after nearly two decades with Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., ...