Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is getting to enjoy his honeymoon phase for a little while longer. Anti-establishment conservatives who fought his rise to leader remain satisfied with Thune’s ...

When I asked Speaker Mike Johnson about Senate Majority Leader John Thune at a POLITICO Live event Tuesday, he was quick to praise the South Dakotan as a “principled” and “experienced ...

New Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, opened the two-year Senate session Friday with a vow to keep the filibuster. The filibuster is a controversial legislative tactic ...

Trump’s expectations. By Carl Hulse Reporting from the Capitol John Thune won election to the Senate in 2004 by conquering Senator Tom Daschle, the powerful Democratic leader, only to quickly ...

Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is promising significant changes to how the upper chamber operates when the Republican majority takes over on Jan. 3. His tenure will mark the ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., showed frustration with Democrats on Tuesday after a confirmation vote for President Trump's pick for CIA director in John Ratcliffe, who has bipartisan ...

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) during a weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 9, 2024. (KENNY HOLSTON/The New York Times) ...

Washington — Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he's committed to helping Donald Trump "achieve success" when Trump returns to the White House, but Thune said he will convey to the president ...

Sen. John Thune (R-SD) will promise to maintain the filibuster on Friday afternoon in his first speech as Senate majority leader. “One of my priorities as leader will be to ensure that the ...