South Dakota’s US Senators honored the late Tim Johnson with a resolution that passed unanimously in the Senate chamber.

Thune is a Mitch McConnell protégé, looked at with suspicion by the MAGA crowd, and considered more establishment ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell announced that he will chair the Senate Rules Committee as well as the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense during the 119th Congress.

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

The Senate would be fundamentally weakened and profoundly diminished if it were to recess the Senate and allow the incoming president to make interim appointments unilaterally and unchallenged, as ...

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz announced Thursday he is withdrawing his name from consideration to be President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general.

While some of President-elect Donald Trump 's Cabinet picks have raised eyebrows and calls for the Senate to block their ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell says he will lead a subcommittee overseeing defense spending as he carves out new roles once he relinquishes his long-running post as Senate Republican leader.

The Kentucky conservative said that he now plans to chair the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, and lead the Senate Rules Committee.

Senate Democrats agreed not to confirm four higher-level circuit court picks and will save the slots for President-elect ...