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.

A look at the three candidates: Thune, 63, defeated then-Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle in 2004 after arguing during the campaign that Daschle had lost his South Dakota roots during his years in ...

Plus, a federal indictment details the nearly eight-month FBI operation that led to bribery charges against city and county ...

Republicans in the House and Senate elected their leaders Wednesday after securing a trifecta — winning the House, Senate and ...

Like McConnell, Thune hails from the Republican Party’s traditional wing. He has held the Republican whip position since 2019 ...

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

Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves says he will push lawmakers to phase out the state income tax, even if federal ...

: Republicans will retain control of the House of Representatives with a razor-thin majority in the next Congress. The AP has ...

Columnist Sid Salter points out that Wicker follows another Mississippian as Senate Armed Services Chairman, the late John C.

President Joe Biden will welcome Trump to the White House on Wednesday for a visit that's a traditional part of the peaceful ...

It’s also a major priority for the Mississippi Hospital Association, which recently outlined its legislative agenda with WLBT ...