Ripon Republican Party Formation On March 20, 1854, people gathered in the Little White Schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin.

The Fourth of July we just observed, nearly 250 years after America’s Declaration of Independence, felt like a time for ...

Elon Musk’s plan to create a new political party puts him in the company of a long line of business and political titans ...

U.S. budget deficits were already approaching $2 trillion when Republican lawmakers set out to extend and expand tax cuts ...

Wall Street is watching for progress on trade talks and on President Trump's massive budget bill in the Senate.

Although Democratic officials attended and spoke at many of Saturday’s rallies, the No Kings protests were not driven by the Democratic Party—which may have been one of the protests’ strengths.

While many ordinary Americans engaged in the most kinetic kind of politics, the Democratic National Committee was splintering acrimoniously, and some of the party’s most prominent leaders were busy ...

Shock polling showing Democrats still languishing behind Republicans on economic issues stunned CNN analyst Harry Enten on Monday. Enten expressed shock that Democrats haven’t improved their ...

Kentucky state Democratic Sen. Robin Webb, who represents Kentucky’s rural 18th Senate district, is switching her party affiliation to Republican after she says the Democrat Party "left me ...

Kentucky Democratic Chair Colmon Elridge was critical of Webb's switch in a statement. "Senator Webb has chosen to join a political party that is currently working around the clock to take health ...