Local legend says that the "Horace Greeley, Vivus W. Smith and Thurlow Weed made the plans for the Republican Party under" a Syracuse elm tree in 1854.

When did the Republican Party start? The second meeting was held at a school in Ripon, later known as the Little White Schoolhouse. Going house to house and even stopping people in the street ...

Sort of. Enter Donald Trump, whose seismic impact on American politics generally, and the Republican Party in particular, cannot be overstated.His takeover (or takedown) of the GOP is stunning ...

Evan Osnos writes about Donald Trump’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention and the triumph of white identity politics in the G.O.P.

The Little White Schoolhouse in Ripon is known as the 'Birthplace of the Republican Party.' Here's what to know about its new director, and more news.

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the death-by-assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. The nation lost more than a champion of civil rights and inclusive, progressive economics that day. It lost one ...

Dr. Ada Fisher is determined to prove that more African Americans should feel comfortable in the Republican Party. Hence she has published “I am a Republican,” a 32-page history of African ...

The Republican electorate in Iowa is dominated by conservative evangelicals, whose influence in G.O.P. politics has waned nationally but grown in Iowa, which means that the state has a warping ...