But there is something disconcertingly familiar in the confident yet carefully hedged assertions that the old-line GOP will ...

WASHINGTON — Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous ...

Senate Republicans on Wednesday elected John Thune to be the next Republican leader to succeed Mitch McConnell in a position ...

Around two dozen states regularly elected both a Republican and a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in the 1970s and 1980s. Only ...

If Trump selects Rubio as Secretary of State, DeSantis would gain the power to appoint a temporary Senate replacement.

Republicans confirmed judges during the final weeks of Donald Trump’s first term. But the president-elect says Democrats ...

Republicans flipped the Senate, but Democratic candidates often outran the top of the ticket, winning at least three ...

Ticket-splitting used to be common and the swing-state down-ballot results show split tickets still can determine the outcome ...

Sen. John Thune​ of South Dakota won on the second round of voting against Sen. John Cornyn​ of Texas in the race for Senate ...

John Thune, 63, defeated Sens. John Cornyn and Rick Scott in the secret-ballot vote to succeed Mitch McConnell as Senate majority leader.

Rubio, Stefanik, Gaetz and Noem will need to resign due to a Constitutional clause and similar state laws that prevent ...

Donald Trump was elected with a mandate last week. He's now using it to challenge Republican senators to confirm his Cabinet ...