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?

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) announced Friday afternoon that the Senate would begin voting immediately on a ...

The Senate plans to take up a House-passed bill to fund the government through September beginning on Friday, which needs the ...

The Senate finds itself in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare.

Inside the U.S. Capitol, Rep. Dusty Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune introduced companion legislation in their ...

They can either vote to support a House GOP stopgap measure they’ve been criticizing, or the federal government will shut ...

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 ...

Senate Republicans are warning President Trump to not let his trade war drag on as his latest escalation sent Wall Street further into turmoil. Trump on Tuesday threatened to double tariffs ...

At least seven Democrats, who have been divided on their shutdown strategy, will need to join with Republicans for the measure to clear a key procedural hurdle.

House Republicans this week passed a government funding bill 217-213 without assistance from Democrats, losing only one vote from Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky.