President-elect Donald Trump picked South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to head the Department of Homeland Security, as he zeroes ...

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

Cornyn had for years signaled he wanted to succeed his close ally GOP leader Mitch McConnell. On Wednesday, he lost in a vote ...

Attention is already turning to 2026, when South Dakota will elect a new governor as well as hold races for U.S. Senate.

U.S. Senate Republicans on Wednesday elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as that chamber’s next majority leader during a ...

Thune, a senator from South Dakota, has differed with Donald Trump at times but now says he's committed to Trump's agenda.

South Dakota governor will take charge of a $60bn budget and federal agencies including the US Customs and Border Protection ...

Before the Senate, Thune represented in the House, worked as the executive director of the South Dakota Republican Party and ...

Moran said the reason East Texans and others across the country voted for Trump was due to the policies from President Joe Biden's administration.

Trump ended up with 65% of the statewide vote in South Dakota, a slight improvement of his 62% showings in 2016 and 2020.