New Senate GOP leader walks a MAGA tightrope

Who is John Thune, the next Senate majority leader?
The election of Republican John Thune of South Dakota as Senate majority leader tasks a key ally of Mitch McConnell with shepherding the agenda of President-elect Donald Trump through Congress.
The new Senate GOP leader walks a MAGA tightrope: From the Politics Desk
In today’s edition, senior national political reporter Sahil Kapur looks at how newly elected Senate Republican leader John Thune's relationship with President-elect Donald Trump will quickly be put to the test. Plus, the latest on Trump's Cabinet ...
John Thune Elected to Replace Mitch McConnell as the Republican Senate Leader, Fending Off MAGA Challenger
South Dakota Sen. John Thune was chosen to become the new Republican Senate leader on Wednesday, Nov. 13, replacing longtime leader Mitch McConnell. He beat out two other candidates in a closed-door v
Senate leadership elections show limits of MAGA’s reach on Capitol Hill
By picking South Dakota Sen. John Thune as majority leader, Senate Republicans elevated an institutionally minded, old-school conservative. Mr. Thune promised to enact President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda.
'We Don't Want You': MAGA Reacts to John Thune Becoming Senate Majority Leader, and He Won't Like What They're Saying
President-elect Donald Trump's landslide victory in the 2024 election has given his MAGA supporters eight straight days of euphoria. In a secret-ballot vote conducted Wednesday, however, Republicans in the U.
Thune’s political journey comes full circle, 20 years after toppling a leader
Twenty years after he won his Senate seat by assailing Tom Daschle’s performance as minority leader, John Thune is the ...
Gov.-elect Matt Meyer's inauguration date, other political leadership changes for 2025
Last Tuesday's elections led to landmark victories for several candidates, as well as an incoming change in leadership.
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Trump and autocratic leaders
There can never be doubt that people will choose democratic leaders over autocratic ones, everything else being equal. Who would want to surrender civil and political rights (freedom of expression ...
Deep Democratic bench gets opportunity in political wilderness
For the first time in four years, Democrats are leaderless. But chaos is a ladder, as the saying goes, and the party is ...
Netanyahu’s aggressive strategy brings political success and a raft of scandal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on a winning streak. His victories have been achieved at least partially by a ...
A Project 2025 Leader Is Back in the Fold
Roberts’s new book, “Dawn’s Early Light,” has a foreword written by the author’s friend Vice President-elect JD Vance. Its ...
How World Leaders Are Reacting to Trump Winning the U.S. Presidential Election
See below for how world leaders have reacted to the news that the “America First”-espousing former U.S. President is ...
After Uddhav’s remarks on ‘targeted scrutiny’, EC says helicopters of political leaders checked as per SOP
The EC's SOP mandates that bags on chartered flights during elections are screened by Central Industrial Security Force or ...
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One Chesapeake environmental leader's strategy to engage with new political reality
Former New York Rep. Lee Zeldin has been nominated to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a decision that has environmental leaders in the Chesapeake region considering new ...
Veteran Congress leader M T Padma passes away at 81
KOZHIKODE: Veteran Congress leader and former minister M T Padma passed away on Monday at her daughter’s residence in Mumbai ...