South Dakota Senator and U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune defends government efficiency cuts being made by the Trump administrative team, including to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He does ...

Shortly after Donald Trump blindsided senators and endorsed the House’s plan to advance the president’s agenda Wednesday, ...

Trump and Republican congressional leaders could fumble their way into a prolonged and painful shutdown of the federal ...

John Cornyn (R-TX), and 42 of their Republican colleagues have introduced the Death Tax Repeal Act, a bill that would do away ...

Rounds and Thune have followed party lines on all of President Trump's cabinet member nominations, all of whom have confirmed ...

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving sitting senator, has announced he will leave Congress at the end of his term.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that he “better move fast” to negotiate an ...

McConnell has dealt with a series of medical episodes in recent years, including injuries from falls and times when his face ...

Mitch McConnell, the powerful Republican lawmaker who was instrumental in steering the current US shift to the political ...

The former Senate Republican leader had been widely expected to retire at the end of his term. He made it official on his ...