Thune, of South Dakota, beat out Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida in a secret ballot election to replace Mitch McConnell.

Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous shift in ...

Democrats were projected to win at least 208 House seats and Republicans 215 seats as of Friday. A party needs 218 seats in order to have the majority.

(AP) — The U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania ... But higher courts — including the state Supreme Court most recently on Nov. 1 — have blocked those decisions, with litigation still pending. Trump’s ...

President-elect Donald Trump has named Sen. Marco Rubio as his choice for secretary of state. Here are five things to know about the Republican from Florida, now in his third U.S. Senate term: ...

State lawmakers last year expanded a law that offers financial compensation to small nonprofits that provide expert testimony ...

Keith Ellison signed onto several lawsuits pushing back on Republican policy changes in Washington during Trump’s first term ...

President-elect Donald Trump has begun rolling out staffing decisions for his incoming administration, naming some of his top ...

South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem is President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the federal Department of Homeland ...

Minnesota is one of a handful of states where control of the state legislature hangs in the balance during this year's elections. Democrats have held the governor's office and majorities in both ...

Immediately after his landslide victory, State Representative-elect Tom Sexton, R-Waseca, joined his colleagues in ...

It’s been more than a year since the Minnesota State Legislature announced $2.2 million in funding to construct an arts and ...