Senators are racing the clock to make a dent in both the government funding process and President Donald Trump’s backlog of ...

Trump endorses South Dakota's U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds News from the campaigns for governor, U.S. House, attorney general, ballot questions and more. Rounds shared the endorsement on social media and ...

South Dakota Senator Highlights 'Unprecedented' Obstruction of Presidential Appointments In a floor speech delivered on ...

Senate Democrats are defending their unprecedented slow-walking of President Donald Trump’s nominees, arguing no obstruction ...

Democrats still in the dumps over last year's elections have found cause for optimism in North Carolina, where former Gov. Roy Cooper jumped into the race for t ...

Senate Majority Leader Thune expresses frustration over Democrats stalling Trump's civilian nominees, calling the obstruction ‘unprecedented.’ ...

Senate Majority Leader Thune expresses frustration over Democrats stalling Trump's civilian nominees, calling the obstruction ‘unprecedented.’ ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said on Monday that he is open to President Trump’s call to cancel the August recess as part of the GOP’s push to quickly confirm his nominees. Thun… ...

Democrats are retaliating against President Trump by dragging their feet on Senate confirmations for relatively noncontroversial executive branch nominees, forcing John Thune to burn up the calendar.