Plus, a federal indictment details the nearly eight-month FBI operation that led to bribery charges against city and county ...

Sen. John Thune​ of South Dakota won on the second round of voting against Sen. John Cornyn​ of Texas in the race for Senate ...

Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves says he will push lawmakers to phase out the state income tax, even if federal ...

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 ...

The South Dakota Republican failed in his first try for the Senate but came back to defeat a chamber leader. Now he will be ...

: Republicans will retain control of the House of Representatives with a razor-thin majority in the next Congress. The AP has ...

the longest-serving Senate party leader. Republicans elected Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., after rejecting public overtures from ...

John Thune has been selected as the new Senate majority leader, beating out John Cornyn of Texas, and Rick Scott of Florida.

Sen. John Thune has won an internal election among Republican senators to become the chamber’s next majority leader ...

Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota was elected new Senate majority leader, replacing Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky ...

Columnist Sid Salter points out that Wicker follows another Mississippian as Senate Armed Services Chairman, the late John C.