John Thune

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson was expected to announce his retirement Tuesday, making the state the fifth where Democrats will have to defend a seat without an incumbent seeking re-election. The decision opens up a 2014 race...

As he explores his new roles within the Republican party and the business world after last year’s presidential campaign, Mitt Romney plans this summer to bring together “experts and enthusiasts” in both spheres for a gathering in Park...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Over dinner at a swank hotel a few blocks from the White House, Republican senators wanted to know if President Barack Obama would support a gradual increase in the age of eligibility for Medicare, set at 65 since the program's...

MITCHELL -- Rural America is in a struggle to remain relevant. So said U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in December after rural voters showed up for the November election in lackluster numbers and as Congress was letting a new farm bill slip through...

Kudos to Rep. Kristi Noem and Sen. John Thune for opposing the Violence Against Women Act. Make no mistake: Decent people are outraged at the abuse of women, but VAWA is more about building feminist power structures than about protecting vulnerable women....

WASHINGTON — Chuck Hagel, who won two Purple Hearts in the Vietnam War, survived the turbulent battle over his nomination to lead the Pentagon, where he will confront two new challenges: potentially dramatic budget cuts and tensions with...

Washington, DC - On Feb. 14, Representatives Kristi Noem (R-SD) and Tim Walz (D-MN), along with six additional cosponsors, introduced bipartisan legislation that would protect our nation's remaining native prairies and prime grasslands. The Protect...

 Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., argues in Politico that the nation’s fiscal problems cannot be solved by tax increases. As Sen. Thune observes, Congressional Democrats, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, seem to believe that we don’t have...

Tom Daschle's latest book is, in simplest terms, a contemporary explainer of the U.S. Senate, its history and how it works.  In "The U.S. Senate: Fundamentals of American Government," the Aberdeen native reminisces that had he not worked his way up...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - The Democratic member of South Dakota's congressional delegation says President Barack Obama is taking the country in the right direction, but the two Republican members say Obama's State of the Union address did not show leadership.  ...

WASHINGTON – Senators from both parties are expressing enthusiasm for pushing a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system. But while immigration politics appears to have changed in the wake of sweeping Republican rejection...

A new Congress will craft a new farm bill this year, and Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., said the measure will contain some provisions to encourage young farmers to get into agriculture. What it won't do, though, is address a major challenge for youthful...