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On Nov. 7, 1874, the first cartoon depicting the elephant as the symbol of the Republican Party was printed in Harper's Weekly.

Rick Scott, R-Fla., seeing him as the most loyal among their options. Not only did the effort fail, but some GOP aides told NBC News it also backfired and sparked a negative reaction among senators.

it was Nast’s 1874 cartoon “Third Term Panic” that firmly linked the creature with the Republican Party. In this cartoon, ...

Emma Green on the new pro-life playbook. Plus: why Democrats whiffed on the minimum wage; images of small-town Ohio; and is ...

The majority in the chamber is expected to be slim no matter who wins, meaning a call on House control could take days or ...

Republicans have secured their monopoly on power in Donald Trump’s new Washington, retaining their majority in the House of ...

In US elections, the Democratic and Republican parties are frequently symbolised by donkeys and elephants across various ...

This election marked, among other things, the birth of a new Republican-led multiracial working-class coalition and the ...

Thune, of South Dakota, beat out Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida in a secret ballot election to replace Mitch McConnell.

Donald Trump has promised the largest deportation of immigrants in American history, sweeping new tariffs on imports ... and ...

As Congress returns to Washington, we must prepare the Senate to advance the GOP agenda legislatively and ensure that ...