S.D., became the next Senate majority leader after two rounds of voting, taking the reins of the party from the longest ...

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 ...