John Thune

The Goodyear Blimp Spirit of Innovation takes off for a flight over Super Bowl fan sites Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, from the airport in Livermore, Calif.

Transportation Department opens investigation into Goodyear tire scandal

Joe Williams · August 3, 2018 9:33 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined from left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, meets with reporters following a closed-door Republican strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Senate GOP begs Trump to reconsider shutdown threat over immigration

Al Weaver · July 30, 2018 11:11 pm

A traveler walks past a sign advertising a Delta Air Lines credit card at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash., on March 24, 2015.

Senate moving ahead with airline fee rules despite Trump’s opposition

Joe Williams · July 27, 2018 5:01 pm

Corker: ‘The administration creates a problem for farmers and so now they need to put them on welfare.’

Haley Byrd · July 25, 2018 1:06 am

Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, left, and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., sit during a hearing on Capitol Hill.

Republicans pan Trump’s $12 billion trade bailout

Al Weaver and Susan Ferrechio · July 24, 2018 5:52 pm

Boeing reported an overall first quarter revenue of $23 billion, a six percent increase over 2017 first quarter earnings.

Boeing: Pilot shortage looms as air-travel demand skyrockets

Joe Williams · July 23, 2018 3:52 pm

Republicans Vow to Confirm Kavanaugh by Fall Despite Possible Delays

Jenna Lifhits · July 11, 2018 9:05 am

GOP leaders line up behind ‘impressive’ Brett Kavanaugh

Susan Ferrechio · July 10, 2018 1:45 am

What really happened when GOP senators visited Moscow

Byron York · July 7, 2018 10:42 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

Senate GOP plots vote to rein in Trump’s tariffs

Susan Ferrechio · June 5, 2018 8:09 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks during the Kentucky Farm Bureau Country Ham Breakfast, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017, in Louisville, Ky.

Senate Republicans kill the August recess

Susan Ferrechio · June 5, 2018 5:09 pm

Republicans admit Trump’s handed them a ‘challenge’ with tariffs in an election year

Al Weaver and David M. Drucker · June 5, 2018 2:00 am