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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has named a second Republican critic of Donald Trump, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, to a special committee investigating the Capitol riot

How different members of the party are responding a Republican state committeewoman circulating emails saying the choice of a gay Republican congressional candidate to adopt children sickened her is exposing a rift in leadership

Tom Mountain stepped down from the Massachusetts Republican Party after a story alleging he had made “creepy comments” on Facebook.

Sixteen Massachusetts Republicans signed a letter to the state committee saying they will stop contributing to the party — they have donated $1 million combined — unless major changes are made.

Top donors to the Massachusetts Republican party have threatened to cut off funding unless new leadership is put in place after its chairman didn’t call out homophobia in the party.

Massachusetts Republicans are hoping to persuade enough voters to back a change in state law that would require residents to produce an ID to vote. The push for a proposed ballot question is being led by state Republican Party Chair Jim Lyons. The effort is in the early stages. Lyons didn’t offer specific language, but said he hoped to...

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.”

How different members of the party are responding a Republican state committeewoman circulating emails saying the choice of a gay Republican congressional candidate to adopt children sickened her is exposing a rift in leadership

The Massachusetts Republican Party has apologized to a congressional candidate for the party who’d been condemned by a state committee member for adopting children as a married gay man.

A Shrewsbury Republican says he was shocked to learn last month that a member of Massachusetts’ Republican State Committee had been circulating an email criticizing his lifestyle and candidacy. “As a proper Republican, I must stand up and do my part to say this is unacceptable,” said Jeffrey Sossa-Paquette, a candidate for the 2nd Congressional District. Emails first obtained by...

A Massachusetts Republican is under fire after she allegedly wrote that she was “sickened” that a GOP congressional candidate had adopted children with his husband.

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…

Republicans in the House voted to remove Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership position after she repeatedly criticized Donald Trump for spreading the lie that the 2020 election was rigged against him.

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.