U.S. Sen. John Thune of South Dakota was chosen by his peers to lead his Republican senators in the 119th U.S. Congress.

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

President Joe Biden welcomed President-elect Donald Trump to the White House on Wednesday for an Oval Office visit that’s a ...

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to lead the Department of Homeland Security.

U.S. Senate Republicans on Wednesday elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as that chamber’s next majority leader during a ...

The South Dakota senator will fill the shoes of former Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who is stepping down from the party ...

Speaker Mike Johnson is beginning the hard fight for his gavel, a weeks-long campaign that starts Wednesday during internal ...

S.D., as the next party leader, launching a new era for the GOP after nearly two decades with Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., ...

President-elect Donald Trump has started picking top aides while Senate Republicans prepare to elect a new leader. Keep up ...

Trump thanked Biden for the invitation — one that Trump himself had not extended to Biden after losing the 2020 election.

With the GOP on the brink of a governing trifecta in Washington, Trump looms larger than ever, particularly on Capitol Hill, where his influence looks set to grow.

Noem, 52, is not from a border state and her background is as a state and U.S. lawmaker. However, she has visited the Texas border several times since 2021.