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.

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

President Donald Trump and Republican leaders in Congress are showing openness to a bill that would impose heavy new sanctions on Russia for its unwillingness to make peace with Ukraine. House Speaker ...

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 ...

As President Donald Trump sours on Russia’s Vladimir Putin, the Pentagon approves Ukrainian weapons requests and Congress moves toward a new sanctions bill.

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 ...

During his remarks from the Senate floor today, Senator John Thune celebrated the GOP's disastrous "Big Beautiful Bill," labeling it a "generational investment." ...

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