The Empire Strikes Back famously features a string of Imperial officers being summarily executed by Darth Vader as their horrified successors look on with concern. The lesson? Sometimes, one climbs ...

EXCLUSIVE — Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has no illusions about the challenges ahead as he tries to execute an ambitious conservative agenda, even with Republicans controlling the White ...

The measure easily cleared the 60-vote filibuster but marked the first of likely several procedural hurdles before ...

Jimmy Carter was celebrated Thursday for his personal humility and public service before, during and after his presidency during a funeral at Washington National Cathedral featuring the kind of pagean ...

Jimmy Carter was celebrated Thursday for his personal humility and public service before, during and after his presidency during a funeral at Washington National Cathedral ...

Discover how John Thune's political journey, from saving an Air Force base to becoming majority leader, has shaped his rise in the Senate.

Incoming U.S. Senate Republican leader John Thune faces the test of his career this year as he tries to steer Donald Trump's agenda through a narrowly divided Congress while protecting his own chamber ...

The small-town South Dakotan rose to the Senate’s top post by deftly navigating spending fights and the ascent of MAGA.

John Thune as the next Senate majority leader ... was elected to the Senate in 2018 and quickly positioned himself as a foil to McConnell, running against him for leader in 2022 and aligning with Utah ...

Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Thursday stopped short of embracing a proposal to add language to a year-end spending bill to abolish the debt limit so President-elect Trump ...

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) will take over as Senate majority leader in January, ending Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) four-year reign in the majority — and Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (Ky.) ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Incoming U.S. Senate Republican leader John Thune will face the test of his career when ... Since one Trump pick, former congressman Matt Gaetz, dropped out of the running for ...