Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election that's key for their new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his ...

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.

Democrats were projected to win at least 208 House seats and Republicans 215 seats as of Friday. A party needs 218 seats in order to have the majority.

Republicans are replacing McConnell, the longest serving Senate party leader, as they prepare to take majority control in the ...

It was the first seriously contested Senate Republican leadership election in decades. Three senators were competing to ...

The Kentucky stalwart, 82, has been the GOP leader in the Senate since 2007. Although the men viscerally dislike one another — McConnell was booed at Trump’s 2024 convention — McConnell and Trump were ...

Legislators from Mexico’s ruling party have reelected the head of the National Human Rights Commission despite widespread ...

Thune, currently the Senate whip, will replace Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell as ... who had the support of key Trump allies ...

Lawmakers studying artificial intelligence are urging steps to protect the integrity of Kentuckians’ elections and the ...

Senate Minority Whip John Thune will be the new Republican Senate leader and the majority leader of the upper chamber in the new Congress. In January, he will succeed Senate Minority Leader Mitch ...

John Thune, John Cornyn and Rick Scott are vying to succeed Mitch McConnell as the Republicans leader in the U.S. Senate.

The left sees setbacks on abortion, drug legalization, minimum wage and election-process questions from coast to coast.