The low-drama South Dakotan has arrived at the apex of power in the Senate just as Donald Trump is exerting his own executive authority. Will Thune draw a line?

Zoom in: Thune and his wife, Kimberley Thune, have been married since 1984. The couple has two children and five grandchildren. Thune has served in the Senate since 2004 and is currently the ...

Thune will assume the mantle when the new Congress ... and leveling racist jabs against his wife, who is Chinese. Not only was McConnell on the outs in a party that kept growing more beholden ...