Profile of John Thune, new senate majority leader

Thune, a fourth-term senator from South Dakota, is an awkward leader for Trump’s ruthless Republican Party, in part because even Democrats invariably describe him as amiable and honest.

Excellent tracing of the new Senate majority leader’s rise to power and what it means for the separation of powers when the current Executive Branch is pursuing rule by fiat.

_{Quote Citation: David D. Kirkpatrick, “The Senate’s Age of Irrelevance”, March 31, 2025, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/04/07/john-thune-profile-senate-majority-leader}