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 performance and are cautiously optimistic as President Donald Trump turns up the pressure to confirm his nominees and advance his second-term agenda.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said “Biden opened the door on this” when asked Tuesday about President Trump’s sweeping pardons of Jan. 6 protesters, including those convicted of

A defining duo of the first Donald Trump administration is back.

Republicans are bending over backward to excuse Donald Trump’s sweeping pardons of the January 6 insurrectionists.

Even as handicappers adjudged Pete Hegseth ’s confirmation as secretary of Defense to be all but certain, not one but two Republican senators indicated a hard pass on the poorly qualified bad boy from Fox News.

The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe to lead the Central ... on the cause of this,” Ratcliffe told Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine). “I share your frustration in not being able to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth as the nation’s defense secretary Friday in a dramatic late-night vote, swatting back questions about his qualifications to lead the Pentagon amid allegations of heavy drinking and aggressive behavior toward women.

With his confirmation at stake, Pete Hegseth is working the phones ahead of a Senate vote to shore up support to become the nation’s defense secretary.

Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins, who both voted against Hegseth ... Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Hegseth, as a veteran of the Army National Guard who served tours in Iraq and ...

“Gone will be the days of woke distractions,” Thune said, referring to the diversity ... Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine who so far have been the only Republicans ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky voted against President Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth.

Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring his “warrior” ethos to the Pentagon. Democrats had assailed him as unfit for the job, and his confirmation came down to Vice President JD Vance serving as tiebreaker.