Gerontocracy, or rule by the elderly, has cost us dearly in recent years. Who can forget the image of 89-year-old Dianne Feinstein being wheeled into the Senate to cast the occasional vote? Or ...
South Dakota Sen. John Thune was chosen to become the new Republican Senate leader on Wednesday, Nov. 13, replacing longtime ...
The senator from South Dakota bested Sens. John Cornyn and Rick Scott in a secret-ballot vote to replace Mitch McConnell ...
McConnell is resigning his leadership role after a record 18 years in the position, just in time for Thune to become the Senate majority leader in January South Dakota Sen. John Thune was chosen to ...
On Wednesday morning, shortly before a majority of GOP senators cast their votes for Thune, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz appeared to ...
President-elect also nominates Tulsi Gabbard and Marco Rubio for senior roles, while Republicans are projected to win House ...
The Republican Party secured control of the House, giving the G.O.P. a governing trifecta in Washington to enact Mr. Trump’s ...
Mr. Thune will replace Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Senate’s longest-serving ... “I want to go get a big bag of ...
Selecting the 39-year-old Ohioan would be the clearest sign yet that Donald Trump is done with neocons and NeverTrumpers in ...
The president-elect says the long-standing vaccine sceptic will "make America healthy again", in his first speech since ...
as well as whip up votes and direct policy priorities. Let's take you back to the ongoing secret-ballot contest to elect the ...