The Florida congressman will need support from the majority of the Senate to be confirmed, which some Republicans said will ...

Former Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) weighed in on President-elect Trump’s decision to tap Fox News host Pete Hegseth as his ...

Donald Trump was elected with a mandate last week. He's now using it to challenge Republican senators to confirm his Cabinet ...

Eric Hovde, the Wisconsin Republican who nearly unseated Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin, acknowledged this week that he lost ...

Several senators said they were shocked at the nomination, raising questions about whether they will check Trump.

Senate Republicans on Wednesday elected John Thune to be the next Republican leader to succeed Mitch McConnell in a position ...

The mild-mannered South Dakotan and top McConnell ally recently made efforts to patch up his relationship with ...

Eric Hovde, who lost his Senate campaign, is the first prominent candidate to suggest his race was rigged. We fact-checked ...

Thune beat out two other competitors, Sens. John Cornyn and Rick Scott, by gaining majority support from GOP senators in a ...

The Senate Republican Conference voted 29-24 to elect GOP Whip John Thune as the new majority leader on Wednesday, marking a ...

Republican John Thune of South Dakota is elected next Senate majority leader, making him a key partner in power to Trump ...

U.S. Senator Rick Scott was eliminated in the first ballot in the contest for Senate majority leader, according to a source.