To allow Trump to make the appointments, Republican senators would have to pass a motion of adjournment with a simple ...

South Dakotans are still buzzing about last week’s election, not so much about the final results, but rather the rising ...

For Congress, it’s a potentially existential moment, one that is testing if its status as a co-equal branch of government can withstand a second Trump presidency.

Republican South Dakota Sen. John Thune was elected Senate Majority Leader on Wednesday. While he appears to have agreed to ...

John Thune will replace Mitch McConnell as Senate majority leader, and Mike Johnson will remain House speaker in Congress ...

Rep. Jim Jordan noted during a Thursday interview that it was his “understanding” that, per committee rules, the report was “not supposed to go public.” ...

Secretary of Homeland Security nominee Kristi Noem has a long, complicated history with tribes in South Dakota. Tribal ...

The president-elect has tapped a series of scandal-ridden loyalists to occupy the highest ranks of government. What now?

WEST VIRGINIA — Former West Virginia Delegate Derrick Evans has formally announced his intention to run for West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito’s seat in the U.S. Senate in the ...

President-elect Trump has made quick work of pulling together a Cabinet and group of senior aides for his incoming ...

John Thune of South Dakota, who Senate Republicans elected as majority leader on Wednesday, said he supports the non-governmental Department of Government Efficiency led by tech billionaire Elon Musk ...

Washington — When President-elect Donald Trump returns to office next year with Republican majorities in the House and Senate ...