Sen. John Thune of South Dakota insisted to Republican senators he intends to carry out Trump's agenda and support him as the ...

South Dakota's relatively unassuming national presence was shattered this week after a meteoric rise to power for Gov. Kristi ...

Sen. John Thune "has called for taking the debt limit hostage to force cuts to Social Security," warned one defender of the ...

So far, it seems like the Senate’s leader-in-waiting and other Republicans are giving the president-elect wide latitude on ...

After a resounding election victory, President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans say they have a “mandate” to govern.

Donald Trump is pushing Senate Republicans to give him more power to fill offices without Senate approval via recess ...

If the Senate puts up a fight against President-elect Trump's demand for recess appointments, could Trump force Congress to ...

If passed, Texas House Bill 1267 would allow lawmakers to recall the state's U.S. senators mid-term with a simple majority in ...

President-elect Donald Trump is pressing forward with his decision to put forward former Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general, ...

Trump did not get involved in the chamber's high-stakes Republican leadership election Wednesday, from which U.S. Sen. John ...

Washington — When President-elect Donald Trump returns to office next year with Republican majorities in the House and Senate ...

The two leaders will meet in Peru, where China has steadily expanded its influence in a challenge to the United States in its own region. By David Pierson and Mitra Taj Displaced young ...