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What to know about Sen. John Thune, the new Republican leader in the Senate

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota is set to lead the Senate as majority leader in the new Congress, after Republicans flipped the chamber in the 2024 elections.

ABC News on MSN · 4d

John Thune elected as Senate Republican leader to succeed McConnell

Senate Republicans returned to Washington for the first time since they secured the Senate majority to determine who will be the new party leader in the chamber.

Detroit News · 5d

Here’s who could replace Mitch McConnell as Senate’s top Republican

Republican senators will cast a secret ballot on Wednesday, and whoever is elected to replace McConnell will inherit a solid majority in the upper chamber.

Bob Casey, Senate

FOX News on MSN · 7h

Lee threatens to not seat Casey in Senate if he continues refusal to concede

Utah, took to social media to threaten that the Senate could refuse to seat Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., if he relies on "illegal" ballots.

Philadelphia Inquirer on MSN · 1d

Bob Casey isn't conceding the US Senate race. But he's not denying the integrity of the election results, either

As Pennsylvania's razor-thin U.S. Senate race heads to a recount, allies of President-elect Donald Trump have claimed Sen. Bob Casey is working to steal an election, drawing false parallels between Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results and Casey's decision not to concede in his reelection bid as votes are tabulated.

BizPac Review · 9h

Bill Maher: Bob Casey trying to steal Senate seat in PA and ‘no one gives a f*ck’

PA Sen. Bob Casey's refusal to concede while commissioners go against state Supreme Court rulings had Maher asserting "No one gives a f*ck."

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Senate Republicans settle on a new party leader after seizing the majority on Election Day

WASHINGTON — It was the first seriously contested Senate Republican leadership election in decades ... and his aides say ...

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A majority of Senate Republicans doubt Matt Gaetz will be confirmed as attorney general, sources say

More than half of Senate Republicans, including some in senior leadership positions, privately say they don’t see a path for the former Florida representative, according to a number of Republican ...

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Will Abortion Rights Survive Republican Trifecta? Top Activists Respond

Activists give their verdicts on the fate of abortion rights in America with conservatives in majority control.

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The megadonors who fueled Trump and the Republican Party and what they may want in the next 4 years

Who are the high rollers who bankrolled Trump and Republicans in the 2024 election, and what do they want in return for their ...

Trump got a red trifecta in Washington. But will he face any Republican Party pushback?

Even amid a unified GOP government, Trump will have to face intra-party detractors when he begins his second term in January.

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John Thune Will Be Senate’s New Republican Leader, Replacing Mitch McConnell: Reports

warned earlier this year that decentralizing the role of party leader would make the Senate more like the House, where ...

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Fewer states than ever will have split-party Senate delegations

Around two dozen states regularly elected both a Republican and a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in the 1970s and 1980s. Only ...

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New candidate emerges in crowded field as possible replacement for Vance's Ohio Senate seat

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is considering attorney Mehek Cooke to fill the seat being left by Sen. JD Vance once he moves on to ...

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