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

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

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.

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

Trump takes the tools of dictators and adapts them for the Internet. We should expect him to try to cling to power until ...

The nation's top political cartoonists debate president-elect's return to the White House November 7, 2024: Trump Victory ...

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

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.

Standing on the steps of the U.S. Capitol with the House GOP leadership team, the Republican speaker said there would be no ...

Photo: Leah Millis/Reuters WASHINGTON—Republican senators chose John Thune of South Dakota as their first new leader in nearly two decades ... Thune will need to hold together the dueling wings of the ...

Republicans will increase their majority on Lynchburg City Council after three of the four GOP candidates won Tuesday ... only Democratic member when the new council is seated in January.

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