Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., was “adamant” he would carry out President-elect Trump’s agenda as leader as he made his case to GOP senators before they selected him to succeed Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Wednesday.  “I will just say that Sen. Thune said over and over and over and over in this long meeting that he was 100% behind President Trump — 100% behind his agenda,”...

CONCORD, N.H. – Thanks to her convincing gubernatorial election victory last week in New Hampshire, Kelly Ayotte’s national profile is once again on the rise. But Ayotte, who, other than President-elect Trump, was arguably the biggest Republican winner on Election Night, is keeping her focus on her home state. “I see one role for me and that is every day, to wake up and to be the champion...

A Democratic candidate for a seat in the Arizona Senate was killed in an early morning DUI crash in Tucson on Friday, police confirmed. John McLean, 68, died after Michael Martin Creel, 27, allegedly ran a stop sign and struck his vehicle, according to the Tucson Police Department. Creel is being held at the Pima County Jail on manslaughter and aggravated DUI charges. McLean died at the scene,...