Sen. John Thune​ of South Dakota won on the second round of voting against Sen. John Cornyn​ of Texas in the race for Senate ...

President-elect Trump took a victory lap in the nation’s capital, bouncing from meetings with House Republicans to President ...

The new Senate Republican majority is promising to leave the filibuster alone — even if it stands in the way of the Trump ...

John Thune, 63, defeated Sens. John Cornyn and Rick Scott in the secret-ballot vote to succeed Mitch McConnell as Senate ...

U.S. Senate Republicans elected John Thune to lead the chamber next year, opting for a well-regarded insider and shrugging ...

Trump suggested on Sunday bypassing Senate confirmation of his political appointments through the use of recess appointments.

Mitch McConnell is on his way out—and Donald Trump’s biggest allies are trying to bully Republican senators into backing ...

Republicans have finally completed the so-called trifecta and secured the 218 seats required for control of the U.S. House of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators will gather behind closed doors Wednesday to decide who will replace longtime Senate ...

WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, Republicans were projected to secure ... that long ago – and Donald Trump was president of the ...

Republicans are giddy and preparing for at least two years with a trifecta. Democrats are reassessing their losses and ...

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is expected to join President-elect Donald Trump at the meeting of U.S. House of ...