The tally was 50-50, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote to cap an unusually tense weekend of work at ...

Only six months into the job, Senate Majority Leader John Thune faces a massive challenge as he tries to quickly pass ...

U.S. Senate Republicans approved their signature tax break and spending cuts package Tuesday with a tie-breaking vote cast by ...

What started as a routine, but laborious day of amendment voting, in a process called vote-a-rama, spiraled into an almost ...

Washington correspondent Molly Martinez grills Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) about the challenges facing his chamber, including ...

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, speaks in support of Ohio Republican candidate for the United States Senate, Bernie Moreno (not pictured) during a bus tour stop for the Ohio Senate race in ...

WASHINGTON — 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 Mitch ...

Only six months into the job, Senate Majority Leader John Thune faces a massive challenge as he tries to quickly pass President Trump’s sprawling tax and spending cuts package.

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Still, Thune’s South Dakota colleague, Republican Sen. Mike Rounds, says he has already proved himself a “winner” with Trump and the conference by quickly moving the president’s Cabinet ...

For more than 18 hours the Senate has been in what's called vote-a-rama, fending off proposed amendments mostly from ...