Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) faces a difficult test in rallying GOP colleagues to change the Senate’s rules to ...

McLaughlin, however, took issue with Lee’s pushing for recess appointments. “At that point, the Senate may as well disband.” ...

In an exclusive interview with The Post Wednesday, Thune said “at some point” the Senate will have to change the nominations ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently found himself roughly 4,500 miles from home as he sought one thing that could give ...

President Trump called Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democrats "crazed lunatics" after accusing the chamber of ...

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) told The Post Wednesday that long-serving Democratic Party figures are ...

He’s somebody who is animated largely by trying to get to a peaceful solution,” the Republican leader said of Trump. “We want ...

The chamber is calling it quits after days of contentious bipartisan negotiations and Trump posting on social media that ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, facing a backlog of unconfirmed nominees, is asking Democrats to quit stalling and confirm ...

Now, the two men are headed toward a fall rematch with much higher stakes: whether to keep the federal government open past a Sept. 30 funding deadline. Despite decades of history between them, their ...

At least 150 nominees still need to be confirmed, including many judicial nominees, such as acting United States Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Friday afternoon that whether a deal is reached on 160 stalled nominees hinges on talks between the White House and Senate Democrats, and didn’t ...