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.

Democrats were projected to win at least 208 House seats and Republicans 215 seats as of Friday. A party needs 218 seats in order to have the majority.

: Donald Trump has won Arizona to complete a sweep of the swing states. With his victory in Nevada earlier today, the home of ...

The Ohio Senate on Wednesday approved a ban on transgender students using bathrooms that fit their gender identities and sent ...

The president-elect also plans to meet with Republicans near the Capitol as they focus on his Day 1 priorities and prepare ...

Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell announced earlier in the year he would step down from his leadership post, and Sen. John Thune ...

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota was elected the next Senate GOP leader, and will become the Senate majority leader in January ...

Thune, currently the Senate whip, will replace Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell as the chamber's GOP leader, who has been ...

John Thune, John Cornyn and Rick Scott are vying to succeed Mitch McConnell as the Republicans leader in the U.S. Senate.

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

Former President Donald Trump has again won Kentucky’s eight electoral votes. The Associated Press called Kentucky for the ...