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

Senate Republicans returned to Washington for the first time since they secured the Senate majority to determine who will be ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s (R-S.D.) support for keeping the 60-vote threshold for passing legislation through the ...

Senate Republicans selected Sen. John Thune of South Dakota to be their leader in the next Congress, three sources with knowledge of the vote said, replacing longtime leader Mitch McConnell, who is ...

Trump is calling for Thune to use the “nuclear option” — eliminating the Senate filibuster rule to lower the chamber’s 60-vote threshold — to reopen the government. “Leader Thune’s position on the ...

The Senate on Monday cleared a key procedural hurdle toward green-lighting a package to reopen the government, the first of a series of planned back-to-back votes. Senators voted 60-40 to grease ...

The Senate majority leader is unwilling to pursue the “nuclear option” to blow past a Democratic filibuster and reopen the ...

(The Hill) – Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) fell on Thursday in front of left-wing protesters while walking through a Senate office building. Video of the incident shows the longtime GOP leader falling ...