President-elect Donald Trump is calling on Republicans in the running for Senate majority leadership to allow him to make ...

John Thune of South Dakota, John Cornyn of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida are running in a secret ballot election Wednesday ...

Trump is challenging congressional Republicans to defy him as he says he will nominate controversial figures to his Cabinet.

Will he or won’t he go along with Donald Trump’s plan to jam down the Senate’s throat his controversial Cabinet and other ...

Republican senators are warning that former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-Fla.) nomination to serve as President-elect Trump’s ...

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 last time they had power, the GOP passed a number of key pieces of legislation and helped reshape the Supreme Court.

One-time rising Republican Party rising star Kelly Ayotte is back, after her convincing victory last week to succeed Chris ...

Thune beat out two other competitors, Sens. John Cornyn and Rick Scott, by gaining majority support from GOP senators in a ...

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

Experts say the president-elect, in pushing for recess appointments, is asking the Senate to abdicate its constitutional duty ...

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