Thune won 29-24 against his opponent Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in a second round of voting. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., was also a contender but was eliminated in the first round. Allies of the ...

Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said Trump is free to pick who he wants for the roles, but that the Senate still ...

Texas Democrats are sorting through what went wrong for them after their shining hopes turned to ash in November — and what ...

For the large part the transition to another Trump White House already has triggered slack-jawed reactions to some of the ...

Spread the loveSenator John Cornyn lost his bid to become the next Senate Majority Leader to Senator John Thune. This ...

If passed, Texas House Bill 1267 would allow lawmakers to recall the state's U.S. senators mid-term with a simple majority in ...

Oklahoma’s two U.S. senators supported different candidates for majority leader in the next Congress, but neither backed Rick Scott of Florida.

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota insisted to Republican senators he intends to carry out Trump's agenda and support him as the ...

Washington — When President-elect Donald Trump returns to office next year with Republican majorities in the House and Senate ...

FOX 7 Austin's chief political reporter Rudy Koski and our panel of analysts take a look at the top stories in Texas politics ...

Fox & Friends co-host Pete Hegseth, who was nominated by Donald Trump to be the next secretary of defense, was previously ...

Several Republican senators have said they are not inclined to abdicate their "advice and consent" role in presidential ...