Trump’s expectations. By Carl Hulse Reporting from the Capitol John Thune won election to the Senate in 2004 by conquering Senator Tom Daschle, the powerful Democratic leader, only to quickly ...

Thune's comments came just after the Senate gaveled in to begin its new session. In his maiden floor speech as Senate majority leader, Sen. John Thune of South Dakota used his first few minutes of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., arrives to speak to reporters following a closed-door strategy ...

But in the longer run, the locus of legislative action in the second Trump administration is likely to be the U.S. Senate, where the new majority leader, John Thune, is succeeding Mitch McConnell ...

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) in his first prepared address as Senate majority leader says “preserving” the filibuster will be one of his top priorities, making an early move to quash any talk of ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate gaveled in on Friday and officially came under Republican control, with newly elected Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) being sworn in and vowing to preserve the ...

Washington — Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Friday that he doesn't believe there is "clarity" yet on whether all 53 Republican senators will support President-elect Donald Trump's picks ...

Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is promising significant changes to how the upper chamber operates when the Republican majority takes over on Jan. 3. His tenure will mark the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — New Senate Majority Leader John Thune is kicking off the new session with a promise to preserve the filibuster, saying in his first floor speech as leader that his priority ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican leader John Thune faces the test of his career this year as he tries to steer Donald Trump's agenda through a narrowly divided Congress while ...

Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Republicans are taking power on Friday a little more than two weeks before Donald Trump will be inaugurated, cementing a firm GOP hold on Washington. Associated Press ...

Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., the incoming Senate Majority Leader, on Friday said that House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., will have "a really, really tough job," navigating a narrow majority.