The Florida congressman will need support from the majority of the Senate to be confirmed, which some Republicans said will ...

Donald Trump was elected with a mandate last week. He's now using it to challenge Republican senators to confirm his Cabinet ...

Eric Hovde, the Wisconsin Republican who nearly unseated Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin, acknowledged this week that he lost ...

The mild-mannered South Dakotan and top McConnell ally recently made efforts to patch up his relationship with ...

Eric Hovde, who lost his Senate campaign, is the first prominent candidate to suggest his race was rigged. We fact-checked ...

Republican John Thune of South Dakota is elected next Senate majority leader, making him a key partner in power to Trump ...

Thune, who is 63 and in his fourth Senate term, has promised to work closely with Trump despite differences the two have had ...

U.S. Senator Rick Scott was eliminated in the first ballot in the contest for Senate majority leader, according to a source.

Speaker Mike Johnson said he was willing to work with ‘whatever margin I have’ to advance President-elect Donald Trump’s ...

Senate Republicans have elected their colleague from South Dakota, John Thune, as their new leader in the chamber. The ...

Republicans are projected to take the White House, Senate, and House, allowing the GOP to go full steam ahead on Donald Trump ...

Two Republicans flipped their districts from blue to red, helping the GOP secure a veto-proof 16-8 majority in the Senate.