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Senator Scott Brown’s readiness to work with Democrats has raised the ire of some who backed his candidacy.

A look at the Tea Party’s quest to repeal the 17th Amendment, which provides for direct popular election of U.S. senators.

The president’s credibility as a champion of reformed, competent government is held hostage by video from the gulf.

Republicans believe they will do well in the midterm elections, but are debating how to take on the Democrats.

Just days after the Kentucky primary, the great paleoconservative hope marginalizes himself.

Rigid ideological consistency is the enemy of practical politics. And therein lies a problem for a darling of the Tea Party.

Internal support for Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, remains solid despite a shaky stretch.

The Democrats need a compelling response to the populist rage of the Tea Party movement.

A reader responds to an article about Rand Paul.

Rand Paul has helped to illuminate the limits and the hazards of antigovernment sentiment.

The appeal of the Washington outsider will yield to familiar divisions without a viable centrist alternative.

Rand Paul, the Republican nominee for the Senate in Kentucky, suggested that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was too broad.

The Swiss food giant is hoping to apply the success of its Nespresso coffee pod machines to tea, starting in France.

To understand the Republican success in 2010, look to one conservative radio host.

Rand Paul’s primary win in Kentucky is the first authentic victory for the movement, and presents its toughest test yet.

Rand Paul told supporters he would not move to the center to try to win in the general election.