John Thune will replace Mitch McConnell as Senate majority leader, and Mike Johnson will remain House speaker in Congress ...

Historically, presidential Cabinet picks are background-checked by the FBI—but Donald Trump’s administration has instead ...

After a resounding election victory, delivering what President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans said is a mandate to govern, an uneasy political question is emerging: Will there be any room for ...

For Congress, it’s a potentially existential moment, one that is testing if its status as a co-equal branch of government can withstand a second Trump presidency.

Republican South Dakota Sen. John Thune was elected Senate Majority Leader on Wednesday. While he appears to have agreed to ...

I don’t really know him, other than his public persona.” And we have the two faces of Oklahoma’s Markwayne Mullin, who ...

Ironically, McConnell’s best interpersonal relationship with any president during his long political career was with Joe ...

Nominees can face a lengthy Senate vetting process before taking office, though Trump may try to upend that exercise in some ...

The incoming Senate majority leader is going to have at least three fights on his hands to confirm Donald Trump’s latest ...

The once and future president tried to oust Thune from the Senate in 2022. Thune won another term. Now, he’s the Senate ...