U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune says the so-called ‘big beautiful bill’ that was signed into law last week by ...

It took nearly a year of work and was the toughest legislation Senate Majority Leader John Thune says he has ever worked on.

WASHINGTON — Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous shift in their leadership that elevates a top deputy of Mitch ...

Some Republican senators are interested in trimming the package of cuts to public broadcasting and global health programs.

With the One Big Beautiful Bill Act now law, there could be a spike in consumer energy bills in states represented by ...

While Senator John Thune praises President Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill,” others throughout South Dakota have raised concerns about it. KELOLAND’s Don Jorgensen sat down with Thune about the bill, but ...

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Senate Republicans’ main outside groups raised more than $85 million in the first half of 2025, blowing past every previous off-year mark. Axios reported Tuesday that the Senate Leadership Fund and ...

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says it is his “hope” that the Senate passes legislation to place tough sanctions ...

The ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ (OBBB) — a GOP mega-bill more than 1,100 pages long — was a budget reconciliation bill that has ...