Senate GOP leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is primed to hand President Trump a quick string of wins on his first days in office. Why it matters: Thune and Trump have a complicated history, but the new majority leader is doing his best to start Congress off on the right foot.
The speaker acknowledged the borrowing limit could be included in government funding talks — where he’ll need Democratic votes.
Thune sat down for an interview with the Washington Examiner that marked his first with a print outlet since assuming his new role as Senate majority leader.
With Donald Trump's agenda at stake, the top Republican leaders are divided on fundamental questions of strategy.
Trump acknowledged to reporters a split between House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune about how to move his proposals to extend tax cuts, overhaul border security and energy policy, set aside the debt ceiling and more.
Mike Johnson of Louisiana on the first ballot ... These priorities are mirrored by Johnson, as well as new GOP Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota. Republicans hold control of the White House and Congress, but only by a slim margin ...
Johnson, a Republican from north Louisiana, is pushing a single bill using a parliamentary maneuver called “budget reconciliation,” challenging the two-bill strategy pursued by a pair of Senate Republicans, Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota, and Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is laying down a highly ambitious timeline to approve President-elect Donald Trump’s big-ticket legislative agenda.
President-elect Trump wants congressional Republicans to figure out a way to avoid a default on the national debt after venting his frustration with the Senate GOP over its failure to raise the
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will have zero votes to ... Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks with the Washington Examiner during an interview in his Senate office on Monday ...
Donald Trump emerged from a lengthy Capitol Hill meeting with no set strategy for tackling his legislative priorities.
On average, Mike Lee posted to X every 28 minutes over the last six months of 2024 — an astonishing pace that critics say shows he's not serious about the work of a U.S. senator, but allies say it lets Lee speak directly to supporters.