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Perhaps more than any movement in recent memory, the tea party has changed American politics over the last two years.

Tea Party favorite Christine O'Donnell says she's been invited to be a contestant on TV's "Dancing with the Stars." But the losing Senate candidate from Delaware isn't sure she should accept, saying she has two left feet and a book about politics to complete.

Florida's Tea Party-backed Governor Rick Scott on Wednesday said he was rejecting federal funds to construct a high-speed railway project in the state.

Supporters are organizing early, they say, to prevent what happened last year, when several Tea Party candidates split the vote in primaries.

Commentators on the Gabrielle Giffords shooting cite 'tea party' rhetoric and inflammatory speech, sparking a fierce online debate. Law enforcement officials had only begun their examination of a Tucson supermarket scene where Rep.

After victories in the midterm elections, resentment over spending, “caving” and leadership choices.

The Tea Party Express will put its stamp on the 2012 presidential election by hosting a debate next year for Republican candidates with CNN. The debate, set for Labor Day week, will focus on the economy and government spending -- two issues of great ...

Another tea party-backed House member gunning for a key position in the next Congress is getting the cold shoulder from ...

It won’t be available for holiday gifts this year but U.S. Sen.-elect Rand Paul of Bowling Green is writing a book entitled “The Tea Party Goes to Washington.”

Tea party backed Senate candidates in several states significantly underperformed more establishment Republican candidates running on the same ballot last Tuesday, data that provides further evidence that the tea party movement may have cost the GOP seats.