South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s ascension to Homeland Security secretary-in-waiting came as a surprise in some quarters.

Keturah Herron (D) became the first LGBTQ+ woman elected to the Kentucky state Senate. Also in Kentucky, Emma Curtis will be the first openly transgender person to hold city office in the state, ...

President-elect Donald Trump is assembling his second administration with a focus on loyalty, appointing allies and staunch ...

It's like Donald Trump is the team captain on the 5th grade dodgeball team and is choosing all of his friends to be his first ...

The point of placing loyalists in positions of influence isn’t to make the government work; it is to bend the government to ...

President-elect Donald Trump's picks for his Cabinet and other high-profile posts will be a test for the new Senate. Will it ...

As the 75-day transition period has begun, President-elect Donald Trump has to select who will serve in his cabinet.

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

Yet some of Thune’s own views — political and personal — don’t sync up with the leader of the Republican Party, ...

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

S.D., as the next party leader, launching a new era for the GOP after nearly two decades with Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., ...