Tea Party

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., sent a letter to the House on Thursday asking for a "full retroactive" repeal of Obamacare's individual mandate. Meadows is concerned that Americans may not realize that they still face penalties if they don't have health insurance in 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Mark Meadows wants ‘retroactive’ repeal of Obamacare’s individual mandate this tax season

Daniel Chaitin · March 2, 2018 12:49 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Tuesday that the Justice Department's inspector general will investigate alleged abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a move condemned by President Trump on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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13 Republicans ask Jeff Sessions to appoint second special counsel to investigate FBI, DOJ

Daniel Chaitin · February 28, 2018 11:13 pm

Former White House strategist Steve Bannon compared the Time's Up movement to the Tea Party's ability to exert its power. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Steve Bannon on the Time’s Up movement: ‘I’ve never seen such potential power in something’

Caitlin Yilek · February 28, 2018 6:01 pm

President Trump embraced at the Conservative Political Action Conference at National Harbor, Md. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

How CPAC’s conservatives strainted the gnat and then swallowed the camel

Noemie Emery · February 27, 2018 5:01 am

Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, (pictured center) is cosponsoring a bill with Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and more than a dozen other senators from both parties. The bill would improve the nation's background check system used for scrutinizing most firearms purchases. However, House Republicans are likely to oppose it unless they can add language allowing concealed carry permit holders to legally bring their weapons to other states. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Trump and Congress move on guns after Florida

Susan Ferrechio · February 27, 2018 5:01 am

Joy Villa sticks out among pro-Trump types: For one, she has a song on Billboard's Top 100. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

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At CPAC, Joy Villa responds to criticism about Scientology and her views on abortion

Philip Wegmann · February 23, 2018 10:09 pm

Condoleezza Rice said she doesn't want guns present in her classroom and called it a "sad thing" that a discussion is being held about needing guards to protect schools in the wake of the shooting in Parkland, Fla. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

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Condoleezza Rice: ‘I don’t really like the idea of a gun in my classroom’

Al Weaver · February 23, 2018 7:56 pm

"Every church that I know of has that same kind of policy," Rep. Jim Jordan said. "There are parishioners each Sunday who've had the training — maybe they're retired law enforcement, retired military ... they have a policy in place." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Freedom Caucus leaders support arming teachers, oppose Trump’s other gun ideas

Al Weaver · February 23, 2018 5:50 pm

In this 2017 photo, President Trump arrives to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Trump is set to speak again at this year's CPAC, but some of his initiatives are unpopular among the movement conservatives who dominate CPAC. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Is Trump conservative enough, and does CPAC care?

W. James Antle III · February 20, 2018 5:01 am

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., took to the Senate floor on Thursday and formally objected to holding the vote on a bipartisan spending bill. This delayed the process for nine hours and forced the final tally to take place in the early hours of Friday morning. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Hey big spenders, don’t complain if you lose power

Washington Examiner · February 12, 2018 5:01 am

The Tea Party had one tangible achievement to show for all of the havoc it caused: The enactment of spending caps that resulted from the 2011 standoff over raising the debt ceiling. Those caps are now under threat. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)

Republicans repeal the Tea Party

Philip Klein · February 9, 2018 3:44 am

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., launched a filibuster against a spending bill negotiated by his own party's leader on Thursday. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Dear Republicans: Big budgets equal big government

Washington Examiner · February 9, 2018 2:35 am