The USS South Dakota Day of Honor drew in a large crowd at the South Dakota Battleship Memorial Saturday morning. The ...

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst has not officially said if she plans to run for reelection in 2026 — but she told a GOP audience ...

The new Senate majority leader is also helping steer the party’s electoral ship. He talked to Semafor about how it’s going.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Thursday said he will not overrule the parliamentarian after she rejected key Medicaid provisions in the GOP’s tax and spending megabill, dealing a ...

John Thune’s approach to the midterms is a shaping up to be a mix of Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell. In an interview previewing his 2026 strategy, the South Dakota Republican told Jordain that he’s ...

A leader of a government watchdog group says U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-South Dakota, had a conflict of ...

Medicaid work requirements are a prominent feature of the big federal budget bill, but working full time can jeopardize some people's health coverage.

Why Republicans think that insurance should be tied to employment — and that it’s not essential to have at all.

Democrats are lying about Medicaid to slow the GOP's momentum, but Republicans strengthened it in passing the One Big, ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune warned that Congress may be careening towards a partial government shutdown this fall because of pressure from the far left flank of the Democratic Party.

Traditionally, elected officials have feared public backlash if they try to take from the poor to give to the rich. This year ...