“We had conversations with them and … they informed us of what they were doing,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune ... Were McConnell to join Collins and Murkowski without any other senators ...

John Thune of South Dakota ... vote against any of his cabinet nominees. While Collins and Murkowski have long been considered centrists, McConnell's recent votes against a handful of Trump ...

On Thursday, Mitch McConnell did what just ... often exemplified by the likes of Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski. But second, it serves to give John Thune (one of his close allies and the new ...

Thune and the new GOP Whip, Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming, sat nearby as McConnell spoke on the floor Thursday. When he concluded, several senators rushed over to the desk where he'd been speaking.

Mitch McConnell (R-KY), ultimately failed to do. Thune successfully papered ... extends from centrists such as Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Susan Collins (R-ME) to ultra-conservatives such ...

John Thune (R-SD). McConnell voted against Trump Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth, going against all Senate Republicans except Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Susan Collins (R-ME).