New Senate Majority Leader John Thune is kicking off the new session with a promise to preserve the filibuster, saying in his first floor speech as leader that his priority will be to ''ensure the ...

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who has railed for weeks against Johnson, cast his vote for Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn. And Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., voted for Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, ...

Senator John Thune said Friday that the filibuster has "perhaps the greatest impact in preserving the Founders' vision of the ...

Despite all the drama over warring House Republicans, Trump’s radical legislative agenda will mostly be shaped by Thune’s ...

The affable traditional conservative from South Dakota is the first new chief of the Senate G.O.P. in nearly two decades. He ...

The Senate gaveled in on Friday and officially came under Republican control, with newly elected Majority Leader John Thune ...

Mitch McConnell's decision to step down as a Senate GOP leader ahead of Trump's return to office could have a lasting impact.

Democrats have little love for former Senate Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Over the years, the Kentucky senator infuriated Democrats with his blanket opposition to President Barack Obama ...

But for the first time in 18 years, a key Republican leader will no longer be at the helm: Senator Mitch McConnell. Since 2007, McConnell has served as head of the Republican Party in the Senate, ...

When the Kentucky Republican returns next month for the new session of Congress, it will mark the first time since 2007 that ...