John Thune’s victory on a secret-ballot continued the long tradition, in both parties, of elevating small-state senators to ...

In choosing Thune, Republicans went with an establishment candidate with close ties to the outgoing and long-time Senate ...

Trump is challenging congressional Republicans to defy him as he says he will nominate controversial figures to his Cabinet.

Trump Force One was cruising toward Washington DC when the controversial plan to appoint Matt Gaetz as attorney general was ...

Ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz faced rising skepticism on Thursday about his nomination to be President-elect Trump’s attorney general as ...

The Republican president-elect’s victory and the GOP takeover of the Senate leaves just seven weeks of Democratic control of ...

Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell announced he would step down from his leadership post earlier this year, ending his historic ...

Lawmakers in the Texas House and Senate filed more than a thousand pieces of legislation Tuesday, offering an early look at ...

Other Republicans Senators sidestepped questions about Gaetz. Arkansas GOP Sen. Tom Cotton simply said "no comment." Iowa ...