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.

After the House passed the Social Security Fairness Act in a vote of 327 to 75, the legislation is now facing its next hurdle: passage in the Senate.

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

Now we have to roll up our sleeves and get to work ... He called for Trump to drop out of the 2016 race in the wake of the ...

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) has been elected Senate majority leader, setting the stage for him to replace retiring Sen. Mitch ...

On the heels of the general election last week, there’s another important vote on tap this Wednesday in Washington that will ...

On Tuesday, more possibilities popped up regarding where the Chiefs and Royals could move to since voters said no to a sales ...

The four-year "Skip Forward" option, which would allow residents to essentially not be in the U.S. for the President-elect ...

An organizer estimates 200 community members shuttled about 26,000 people from Amish weddings to the polls to vote for the ...

You asked Steve: why does a state website still say my mail-in ballot was "received," not that it was counted? Find out the ...

Dearborn, Michigan didn’t come close to swinging the election, but Kamala Harris' humiliating loss there says a lot about her campaign's failures.

NBC News hasn't called the Senate race in Pennsylvania, where Democrats are holding out hope even as Republican Dave ...