President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz as the country's top law enforcement officer, ...

John Thune, R-South Dakota,. arrives for the Senate Republican leadership elections at the U.S. Capitol ... which ensures ...

The president-elect isn’t worried about Senate Republicans growing a backbone. They're unlikely to prove him wrong.

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 ...

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz resigned from Congress Wednesday, ending an ethics probe into allegations of sex trafficking, sexual ...

In the days after President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, allies described his transition effort as far more disciplined than ...

As the 75-day transition period has begun, President-elect Donald Trump has to select who will serve in his cabinet.

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 Sen. Mitch ...

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

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

Trump has built a brand on breaking the mold of politics, and continues the trend with his first batch of Cabinet ...