Rick. Scott. With McConnell announcing his intent to step aside earlier this year, Thune, the current Republican whip, was ...

Politics / The once and former president tried to oust Thune from the Senate in 2022. Thune won another term. Now, he’s the Senate majority leader. John Nichols When Donald Trump tried to overturn the ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Thursday to confirm John Ratcliffe as the next CIA director, approving the second high-level ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) put the procedural wheels in motion to confirm embattled secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth by the end of the week. Senate Republicans are ...

Those in Mr. Thune’s orbit say a stinging defeat in a 2002 Senate bid, the momentous campaign against ... his 18-year run as leader, and faced a tough challenge from Senator John Cornyn ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD ... while Mullin was a deputy whip to Thune and among the first to endorse his run for leader. The group collectively is notable for its alignment with ...

Senate leaders Chuck Schumer and John Thune delivered the first wreath to the casket of former President Jimmy Carter in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday. House leaders Hakeem Jeffries and Mike ...

Hours after Trump was sworn in as president, senators confirmed his first Cabinet pick and advanced the nominations of ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), the ... Secretary Elaine Chao, against the couple. Of course, Trump isn’t the only force rendering Thune’s promotion as daunting as it is promising.

WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican leader John ... Thune, whose current six-year term extends through 2028, has strong support in South Dakota, which insulated him against ...

John Thune of South Dakota ... senator has not said whether he will run for reelection in 2026. An occasional Trump critic who backed Tim Scott in 2024 Thune, a former at-large congressman from ...