A look at the three candidates: Thune, 63, defeated then-Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle in 2004 after arguing during the campaign that Daschle had lost his South Dakota roots during his years in ...

Trump announced several controversial cabinet nominees, including Democrat-turned-Republican Tulsi Gabbard for director of ...

Pro-life advocacy groups, which constitute an essential part of the Republican Party’s electoral coalition, reacted favorably ...

The South Dakota senator prevailed over John Cornyn and Trump ally Rick Scott in the vote Wednesday.

Sen. John Thune's victory came out of the first competitive election for Senate Republican leader in three decades.

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.

Plus, Sen. John Thune will be the next Senate majority leader, while President-elect Donald Trump continues to build his next ...

Recess appointments would allow Donald Trump to appoint his nominees while the Senate is not in session, skirting the ...

Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous shift in their leadership that elevates a top deputy of Mitch McConnell into a key ...

Yet some of Thune’s own views — political and personal — don’t sync up with the leader of the Republican Party, ...

Flathead Beacon opinion columnist John McCaslin is a longtime journalist and author. He lives in Bigfork. He was Montana’s ...