SIOUX FALLS — When South Dakota Republican John Thune delivered his first remarks as U.S. Senate majority leader in January, he pledged to restore “regular order” to the chamber, including “bringing ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on Thursday floated allowing for recess appointments to speed up confirming a ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says putting the Senate into an extended recess to allow President Trump to make ...

The USS South Dakota Day of Honor drew in a large crowd at the South Dakota Battleship Memorial Saturday morning. The ...

The event gave the community the opportunity to learn about what’s happening in Washington, DC, and ask questions.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says he will bring the first procedural vote to the floor today on the White House’s request to claw back $9.4 billion in spending. It’s not clear he has even the 51 ...

Senators are racing the clock to make a dent in both the government funding process and President Donald Trump’s backlog of ...

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota is competing intensely to become the next Republican leader in the Senate. Senators John Cornyn of Texas, a former whip and strong fundraiser, and Rick Scott of ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate gaveled in on Friday and officially came under Republican control, with newly elected Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) being sworn in and vowing to preserve the ...

Thune, who is currently the Republican Whip, defeated Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) in the second round of a secret ballot 29-24. Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) was eliminated in the first round of voting.

“John is a first-class gentleman,” said former Sen. Bill Nelson, who led Democrats on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee while Thune was chair from 2015 to 2019.