Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said conversations are taking place over President Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte as acting national intelligence director as the GOP leader seeks to rally senators to extend a key spy powers law,

Hours after President Donald Trump nominated Todd Blanche to permanently lead the DOJ, the top Senate Republican could not say whether Blanche could survive a nomination fight on Capitol Hill.

By hour 13 of Thursday’s Senate “vote-a-rama,” Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) was growing visibly frustrated. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) had spent the day consulting with the parliamentarian on a way,

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters “we don’t need a weaponized” director of national intelligence when asked about President Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte, the homebuilder and director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA),

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) could become the Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) of 2028. John Thune Is on Borrowed Time originally appeared on WhoWhatWhy

The shift the past few weeks has been subtle but unmistakable: John Thune sounds like a man who's had it with President Trump. Why it matters: In a departure from the past 18 months, the Senate majority leader has publicly broken with the president on a string of recent controversies.

Leadership isn't measured only by the votes you cast. Sometimes it's measured by the moments when you're willing to speak up.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) urged Democrats not to upend a deal to extend the federal government’s spy powers over President Donald Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte as acting intelligence chief.