The U.S. Senate gaveled in for the opening of the 119th Congress to swear in new members. In this clip, incoming Senate Majority Leader Sen. John Thune (R-SD) provides remarks.

Sen. John Thune used his first few minutes of floor time to make a commitment to defend the filibuster rule, which requires at least 60 votes to pass Senate legislation.

Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., was reelected House Speaker on Jan. 3., receiving the bare minimum, 218 votes. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., was selected by his Republican colleagues as the Senate’s new majority ...

The affable traditional conservative from South Dakota is the first new chief of the Senate G.O.P. in nearly two decades. He ...

Johnson has been working diligently to prevent defeat, spending New Year's Day at Mar-a-Lago as he positions himself ...

Vice President Harris gently ribbed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) during the official Senate swearing-in on Friday. “Stand ...

New Senate Majority Leader John Thune is kicking off the new session with a promise to preserve the filibuster, saying in his ...

Vice President Kamala Harris jokingly jabbed at Sen. Bernie Sanders during the swearing-in of the U.S. Senate.

The Senate’s events marked one of Harris’s last constitutional duties as president of the Senate before she and President Joe Biden depart from office on Jan. 20 and Trump and Vice President-elect J.D ...

Republican Mike Johnson won reelection to the House speakership on a first ballot Friday, pushing past GOP hard-right holdouts and buoyed with a nod of support from President-elect Donald Trump.

U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) was sworn in Friday for his second term representing North Dakota in the U.S. Senate.