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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate, once again, was working into the early morning hours Friday with its new majority leader, Republican John Thune, setting the pace.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., arrives to speak to reporters following a closed-door Republican meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2025.

It’s an incremental change in the Senate’s timing, but one that Thune, a former runner, hopes will contribute to the chamber becoming more active and deliberative in shaping the law.