The low-drama South Dakotan has arrived at the apex of power in the Senate just as Donald Trump is exerting his own executive authority. Will Thune draw a line?

An afternoon vote was expected to clear the way for a Republican-written bill to keep government funding flowing past ...

The Senate on Friday narrowly averted a government shutdown at midnight, passing a GOP-written stopgap spending measure after ...

The US Senate appeared closer Friday to avoiding an economically damaging government funding shutdown after the Democrats' ...

President Trump assailed in biblical terms the “weaponization” of the Justice Department under his predecessor, Joseph R. Biden Jr., saying during a meandering speech in the Great Hall of the ...

The Senate was preparing Friday to give final approval to a bill that could result in harsher prison sentences for fentanyl traffickers as both Republicans and Democrats seek to ...

Democrats revolt against Chuck Schumer’s cave to Republicans - ANALYSIS: Analysis: With a majority of his caucus revolting ...

EXCLUSIVE: Senate Majority Leader John ... of Georgia's campus, requires federal immigration authorities to detain illegal immigrants found guilty of theft-related crimes. Thune pointed out ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate finds itself on Friday in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare as Democrats confront two painful options: allowing ...

The US government was hours from shutting down Friday as Democrats smarting over President Donald Trump's spending cuts ...

Republican Georgia Rep. Buddy Carter is calling on Georgia’s two Democratic senators to support legislation keeping biological males out of girls’ and women’s sports. Senate Majority Leader John Thune ...