Trump on Thursday selected former Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs. Collins, who ...

Sen. John Thune was privately backed by President-elect Donald Trump, Steve Daines told his colleagues, despite Trump's ...

Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous shift in ...

John Thune’s victory on a secret-ballot continued the long tradition, in both parties, of elevating small-state senators to ...

The outcome of the secret leadership ballot, expected after the November election, is deeply uncertain. It’s a weighty choice ...

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.

Discover how John Thune rose from small-town South Dakota basketball courts to become a powerful figure in the U.S. Senate ...

Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell announced he would step down from his leadership post earlier this year, ending his historic ...

Senate Republicans have elected South Dakota’s John Thune as the next Senate majority leader after rejecting public overtures ...

Thune did not rule out going into recess so that Trump could appoint cabinet secretaries without Senate confirmation.

A look at the three candidates: Thune, 63, defeated then-Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle in 2004 after arguing during the campaign that Daschle had lost his South Dakota roots during his years in ...