Trump Allies Push Him to Block Thune From Becoming Senate ...

Advisers to the president-elect, who already has a strong hold on congressional Republicans, want him to tighten his grip by torpedoing the ...

“Some of President-elect Donald Trump's closest allies are privately counseling him to try to block a onetime Republican nemesis from ...

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the newly appointed Senate majority leader, sought to quell any doubts among the GOP that he can't work with ...

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

Some of President-elect Donald J. Trump's closest allies are privately counseling him to try to block a onetime Republican nemesis from ...

U.S. Senate Republicans elected John Thune to lead the chamber next year, opting for a well-regarded insider and shrugging off a public ...

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

Sen. John Thune was privately backed by President-elect Donald Trump, Steve Daines told his colleagues, despite Trump's choice not to ...

Senate Republicans elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune to serve as Senate Majority Leader when the new Congress convenes in January. House ...

The Senate GOP elected John Thune as majority leader—and decisively rejected Trump's apparent favorite.

The election of Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota as the next leader of his party in the chamber – putting him on track to become ...

Senate Republicans delivered a blow to Donald Trump. Senator John Thune looks up. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Images.

The president-elect is to visit Capitol Hill on Wednesday as Republican senators elect a majority leader. His staffing decisions are already ...

The Senate minority whip from South Dakota will succeed Mitch McConnell as the head of Republicans in the chamber.

By picking South Dakota Sen. John Thune as majority leader, Senate Republicans elevated an institutionally minded, old-school conservative.

GOP senators chose Sen. John Thune to be the next Senate Majority Leader. He's a top Mitch McConnell ally and an occasional Trump critic, ...

President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday demanded that the next Senate GOP leader allow him to make appointments to his administration and the ...

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

Will Republican senators roll over for the president-elect and surrender their chamber to him? An important moment: Do GOP legislators have ...

Trump urges support from Rick Scott, John Thune and John Cornyn for 'recess appointments' while US Senate is paused.