John Nichols When Donald Trump tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election, some of the clearest and most consistent objections came from the senior senator from South Dakota, John Thune.

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota is set to become Senate majority leader in the new Congress, after Republicans flipped the chamber in the 2024 elections.

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After 18 years of Mitch McConnell, Senate Republicans officially have a new top dog: South Dakota Senator John Thune will ...

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) — The gold-leafed ceilings and crystal chandeliers of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort are a long way from the small town of Murdo, South Dakota, where Sen. John Thune grew ...

WASHINGTON — Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous shift in their leadership that will elevate a top deputy of Minority ...

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota - U.S. Sen. John Thune was chosen by his peers on Wednesday to lead his Republican colleagues as they work with President-elect Donald Trump and an expected GOP-led House ...

During and after the struggle, recalled Sioux Falls, South Dakota’s Argus Leader, “Thune also directly denounced Trump for attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election and his role ...

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota is the second-highest-ranking Republican in the Senate. He joined Amna Nawaz to discuss what he'd like to hear from President Biden's State of the Union address.

As he worked the crowd at a fairground in South Dakota on a recent August day, it was easy to see why Thune was encouraged by Republican Senate colleagues to explore a 2012 presidential run he did ...