Top priorities for Republican senators heading into the new session of Congress, Thune said, include extending Trump’s 2017 ...

Sen. John Thune has won an internal election among Republican senators to become the chamber’s next majority leader ...

Before the Senate, Thune represented in the House, worked as the executive director of the South Dakota Republican Party and ...

The 63-year-old won 25 votes for Senate majority leader, while Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, got 15 and Florida Sen. Rick Scott ...

South Dakota's relatively unassuming national presence was shattered this week after a meteoric rise to power for Gov. Kristi Noem and Sen. John Thune. Donald Trump won a second, non-consecutive ...

Republican U.S. Sen. John Thune, left, and Democratic U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson, both of South Dakota, watch as the Base Closure and Realignment Commission votes to save South Dakota's Ellsworth Air ...

Republican senators chose South Dakota Sen. John Thune as their new leader in a closed-door vote on Wednesday. He will take ...

Thune, a senator from South Dakota, has differed with Donald Trump at times but now says he's committed to Trump's agenda.

Thune, who is 63 and in his fourth Senate term, has promised to work closely with President-elect Donald Trump despite ...

A group of 45 South Dakota current and elected legislators have written to U.S. Sen. John Thune, asking him to use his new position to focus on the ever-rising federal debt. Republican U.S ...

John Thune as leader, anointing a new standard bearer to replace Mitch McConnell at the party's helm in the upper chamber. The South Dakota Republican is set to lead the Senate as majority leader ...

South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds ... after four years of Washington Democrats’ failure," McConnell said. "John Thune will take the reins with a tremendous opportunity to lead this transformation ...