Three Johns are topping the list --- John Thune, John Barrasso, and John Cornyn --- the Senators from South Dakota, Wyoming, and Texas respectively to fill in the shoes of the 82-year-old leader.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is forming his kitchen cabinet — an inner circle of advisers outside of elected ...

President Trump said he is open to using recess appointments to get his Cabinet appointees confirmed if delays keep emerging ...

FIRST ON FOX: Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has selected four top Republican allies to be part of his unofficial ...

Amid reports that Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has privately told ... has enough votes to get confirmed, Barrasso was asked if he echoes these reported comments, to which he said ...

Senate GOP WHIP John Thune, Senate Republican Conference Chair John Barrasso, and Texas Sen. John Cornyn, who has long had ambitions for Senate GOP leader and jumped in the race the day after ...

Senate Majority Leader. John Thune (R-SD) and Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) (C) walk at to a meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. (Graeme Jennings / Washington Examiner ...

Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, the second-ranking Republican in the Senate, on Wednesday called Democrat efforts to hold up ...

JD Vance, R-Ohio, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Trump, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune of S.D. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) President-elect ...

John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune of S.D. talks to reporters after a meeting with Republican leadership at the Capitol on ...

Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso told reporters on Friday before ... two Republicans defected when Senate Majority Leader John Thune invoked cloture there could still be additional holdouts.

The Senate has passed a bill that would require federal authorities to detain migrants accused of theft and violent crimes.