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

Washington — Senate Republicans elected Sen. John Thune as leader on Wednesday, after Minority Leader Mitch McConnell — the longest serving leader in the Senate history — opted to step down ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. On the heels of the general election last week, there’s another important ...

Trump won't vote in the secret-ballot race, but his influence on it is palpable. Senate Republicans are poised to make a historic decision on Wednesday when they'll gather behind closed doors to ...

FIRST ON FOX: Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., responded to President-Elect Donald Trump's newly announced litmus test for those vying to be the next GOP leader, exclusively telling Fox ...

CNN has not made a projection in the race, although McCormick, a former hedge fund executive who lost a bid for the Senate GOP nomination in 2022, attended new senator orientation in Washington ...

Senate Republicans on Wednesday chose Sen. John Thune of South Dakota to be their new leader, rejecting an outside pressure campaign from Donald Trump’s allies to break with the establishment in ...

The Pennsylvania Senate race is heading for a recount as ... and so I wish him the best and his family the best and thank them for their service. But we’ve got to move on to changing the ...

Katie Britt (R-Ala.) is publicly calling for President-elect Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump to be chosen to fill a Florida Senate seat — a sign of Trump allies potentially rallying around ...

President-elect Donald Trump may create an opening in Florida for a U.S. Senate seat, with his expected nomination of Sen. Marco Rubio to become Secretary of State. In 2008, when Barack Obama became ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators are gathering behind closed doors Wednesday to decide who will replace longtime Senate leader Mitch McConnell and lead their new majority next year — a ...

Rick Scott on Sunday pitched himself as the candidate in the Senate GOP leadership race who ... these drugs from coming in and so many of our family and friends dying of drug overdose.