Shortly after Donald Trump blindsided senators and endorsed the House’s plan to advance the president’s agenda Wednesday, Senate Leader John Thune convened his leadership team to navigate next steps.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, reacting Friday afternoon to a heated joint press conference between President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, told the Mitchell Republic that Russia was the aggressor in the war with Ukraine.

Senate Republicans announced Wednesday they are muscling ahead with their preferred legislative strategy to jumpstart Donald Trump’s agenda — just hours after the president himself backed a much different approach.

“Trump likes John Thune and while they’ve had these disagreements, he likes how good he is at this,” said North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer. But that doesn’t assure the honeymoon will last ...

(CNN) — Shortly after Donald Trump blindsided senators and endorsed the House’s plan to advance the president’s agenda last week, Senate Majority Leader John Thune convened his leadership ...