The movement tore across the country with an energy new to American politics — its activists shouting at lawmakers and holding frenzied rallies to demand balanced budgets, an end to deficit spending, ...

With former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin calling for followers to "re-load" and not retreat, questions are being raised about Tea Partiers' tactics and whether their words are inciting ...

NEW YORK - The Tea Party movement proved to be an important factor in Republican victories in some states – but exit poll data raised the question of whether Tea Party and “conservative” are pretty ...

The NAACP resolution condemning racist behavior among members of the Tea Party movement is drawing lots of attention. Is the strategy a good one? Writing on an Atlantic blog, Dave Weigel, a journalist ...

It's no secret anymore that tea party battles with establishment Republicans can often benefit Democrats. In Indiana Thursday, what began as a tea party crusade against Sen. Dick Lugar yielded a ...

The time has come for us all to take a long, step-back look at this thing we call the Tea Party. The results from Republican primaries in a dozen states so far this year strongly suggest that the ...

TAMPA, Fla.—As the tea-party movement agitated for fiscally conservative ideals, it often found itself at odds with Republican party leaders. But as the GOP convention opens this week, tea-party ...