Republican Party

While Republican proposals to slow climate change may still be oceans away from progressive proposals like the Green New Deal, they still mark a seismic shift for conservatives, who are coming to terms with both scientific and political realities in ways that they haven’t ever before. Even so, few Republicans are willing to talk about it.

Republicans in D.C. won’t support the Green New Deal, but Rep. Buddy Carter of Georgia is among those who are taking the climate crisis more seriously. It’s just hard to get many of them to talk about it.

Former Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday that he wasn’t sure that he and former President Donald Trump would ever see “eye to eye” over what happened on Jan. 6 but that he would “always be proud of what we accomplished for the American people over the last four years.”

Republican-controlled legislatures across the country are advancing measures to limit how students can be taught about race and racism.

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan is joining the fight against Donald Trump, urging fellow conservatives to reject the former president’s divisive politics and the Republican leaders who emulate him.

Several Republican lawmakers, in an act of apparent protest, flouted mask rules on the House floor Tuesday during a voting session and then took a photo in front of the Capitol steps, NBC News reports. “Best $500 I ever spent,” Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., said after leaving the chamber, a reference to the fine House members face for breaking mask…

NBC Bay Area political analyst Larry Gerston explains how Republicans are consolidating on the one hand and losing steam on the other.

Three hundred years ago, humanity’s most prevalent form of government was absolute power. Kings, sultants and emperors were free. Those they ruled over, the people, were not. As civilization became more educated, people began demanding a voice. Democracy decentralized authority and gave people a say in their governance. But as rulers became representatives, they learned they could recentralize their...

Is it possible to have a government that isn’t driven by ideological differences? Examples in North America alone, including one state house in the U.S., show that government bodies can be designed to avoid political parties and encourage cooperation. NBCLX storyteller Peter Hull takes a closer look at the possibilities of decentralized government.

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., spoke to the media after Republicans in the House voted to remove her from her leadership position.

Rep. Liz Cheney is lashing out at leaders of her own Republican Party.

There’s a new buzzword among Republicans in Washington this week: unity

Every Republican in Congress voted against the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, which President Joe Biden signed into law three months ago

Caitlyn Jenner’s Republican campaign for California governor has elicited angry reaction from some members of the LGBTQ community.

Former Olympian and reality TV personality Caitlyn Jenner announced on Friday that she has filed paperwork to run for governor of California in a likely recall election against current Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Former President George W. Bush described today’s Republican Party as “isolationist, protectionist and, to a certain extent, nativist” and said he’s especially concerned about the anti-immigration rhetoric.

Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz and Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene are presenting top House Republicans with a test of how to handle a new breed of Trump-era, social media-savvy firebrands.

Donald Trump ended his presidency with such a firm grip on Republican voters that party leaders fretted he would freeze the field of potential 2024 candidates and delay their preparations as he considered another run.

Liberal activists are stepping up calls on corporate America to denounce Republican efforts to tighten state voting laws.

President Joe Biden’s pleas for states to stick with mask mandates to slow the spread of the coronavirus are being largely ignored.