South Dakota's relatively unassuming national presence was shattered this week after a meteoric rise to power for Gov. Kristi Noem and Sen. John Thune. Donald Trump won a second, non-consecutive ...

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota - U.S. Sen. John Thune was chosen by his peers on Wednesday to lead his Republican colleagues as they work with President-elect Donald Trump and an expected GOP-led House ...

WASHINGTON — Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous ...

Thune beat out two other competitors, Sens. John Cornyn and Rick Scott, by gaining majority support from GOP senators in a ...

Republicans in the United States Senate picked veteran John Thune to be the chamber ... a hardline conservative and Trump loyalist. The South Dakota senator is viewed as a well-regarded insider.

John Thune, R-S.D., as the next Senate majority ... Thune has served in the Senate since 2005. Before that, he was South Dakota's at-large representative in the House for six years.

He joined the publication on the crime beat. South Dakota Sen. John Thune was chosen to become the new Republican Senate leader on Wednesday, Nov. 13, replacing Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell.