The loss of the Senate by the Democratic Party may lead to a permanent Republican Senate, limiting the enactment of broad ...

The narrow majority leaves Republicans with even less margin for error as they try to enact President-elect Trump’s agenda.

Republicans flipped the Senate with projected wins in a number of key races, cementing their majority in the upper chamber.

John Thune, 63, defeated Sens. John Cornyn and Rick Scott in the secret-ballot vote to succeed Mitch McConnell as Senate majority leader.