The low-drama South Dakotan has arrived at the apex of power in the Senate just as Donald Trump is exerting his own executive authority. Will Thune draw a line?

The Senate gave final approval Friday to a bill that would result in more prison sentences for fentanyl traffickers as both ...

A midnight Friday deadline is looming for the U.S. Senate to pass a federal funding bill to avert a government shutdown.

Ten Democrats joined with most Republicans to set up a final vote on the six-month spending measure hours out from the shutdown deadline.

Thune says Democrats voted for a CR in the past. “A similar continuing resolution passed ... with 85 votes. This one should ...

The Senate cleared the House’s continuing resolution funding the government through Sept. 30, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown at midnight. The crucial vote came when 10 Democrats crossed the ...

House Republicans this week passed a government funding bill 217-213 without assistance from Democrats, losing only one vote from Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has deputized a folksy Louisiana ... bill that is expected to move through Congress this week. Johnson and senior House Republicans have no other plans for ...

In an effort to identify additional leakers, DHS has begun administering polygraphs, also known as lie detector tests, ...

House and Senate Republicans are sinking deeper into an impasse over how to advance President Donald Trump’s vast legislative agenda.