The bill from Sen. Tamara Grove, R-Lower Brule, passed the Senate Education Committee unanimously one week ago ...

South Dakota Senator and U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune defends government efficiency cuts being made by the Trump administrative team, including to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He does ...

Shortly after Donald Trump blindsided senators and endorsed the House’s plan to advance the president’s agenda Wednesday, ...

Trump and Republican congressional leaders could fumble their way into a prolonged and painful shutdown of the federal ...

John Cornyn (R-TX), and 42 of their Republican colleagues have introduced the Death Tax Repeal Act, a bill that would do away ...

Gary Eminth writes about how politicians like Kristi Noem, Doug Burgum, Kevin Cramer and John Thune will help advance ...

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight Darwin Hertzel reported to his job with the Natural Resources Conservation Service on Feb. 14 and opened an email. “Some very generic, no-name email. It was a ...

Rounds and Thune have followed party lines on all of President Trump's cabinet member nominations, all of whom have confirmed ...

Approval of the Republican budget plan left major questions about tax cuts and spending reduction for another day.

Earlier this week, Trump posted that he backed the rival House budget outline. That bill would allow at least $4.5 trillion in tax cuts in exchange for at least $2 trillion in spending cuts and a $4 ...

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving sitting senator, has announced he will leave Congress at the end of his term.