The election of Senator John Thune of South Dakota as the new Senate Majority Leader could complicate President-elect Donald ...

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Donald Trump will begin his second term as president the same way he began his first—with Republicans controlling both the ...

Donald Trump has won the public embrace of virtually every Republican currently in federal elected office. In private, ...

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

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Senate Republicans returned to Washington for the first time since they secured the Senate majority to determine who will be the new party leader in the chamber.