Washington — Senate Republicans elected Sen. John Thune as leader on Wednesday, after Minority Leader Mitch McConnell — the ...

Thune, of South Dakota, beat out Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida in a secret ballot election to replace Mitch McConnell.

Republicans chose Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso for the No. 2 leadership post in the Senate alongside South Dakota Sen. John Thune, who replaces Mitch McConnell as the next Senate majority ...

Thune introduced the new Senate GOP leadership team: Sen. John Barrasso as the majority whip, the No. 2 spot in leadership; ...

Greater Sage Grouse numbers plummeted in recent decades because of energy exploration, wildfires, disease and other pressures ...

The leadership election marks a monumental changing of the guard after nearly two decades with McConnell as Senate GOP leader ...

Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso was elected Senate whip on Wednesday, the No. 2 leadership position in the U.S. Senate.

U.S. Senate Republicans on Wednesday elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as that chamber’s next majority leader during a ...

On one side we have the two Johns. (A third John—Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming—has the contest to be the next majority whip ...

Senate Republicans have a new leader for the first time in 18 years. Sen. John Thune will replace Mitch McConnell, Ky.

The new leaders starting in January will include John Thune, of South Dakota, as majority leader; John Barrasso, of Wyoming, ...