(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., meets with reporters after he was elected to succeed ...

President-elect Trump's recent appointments could face intense scrutiny in the Senate, but there is a possibility nominees ...

Split-ticket voting played a prominent role in several battleground states during last week’s elections despite the practice ...

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.

Republicans will hold on to their majority in the U.S. House and regain control of the Senate when Congress convenes in ...

President-elect Donald Trump has picked Matt Gaetz for attorney general. Here's what we know about him. And, a look at the ...

Flathead Beacon opinion columnist John McCaslin is a longtime journalist and author. He lives in Bigfork. He was Montana’s ...

Democrats were projected to win at least 208 House seats and Republicans 215 seats as of Friday. A party needs 218 seats in order to have the majority.

Donald Trump has tapped GOP Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida for Attorney General, prompting concern and disdain among lawmakers and social media users on both sides of the aisle.

Sen. John Thune of Montana is the new majority leader, replacing longtime GOP leader Mitch McConnell, who is stepping aside ...

As the next president of the United States, he’ll be relying on a number of fellow former business leaders to help get his ...

Republicans’ primary intervention strategy propelled them to a majority, but they failed to flip four battlegrounds that Donald Trump carried.