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There is Trump, there are wannabe Trumps, and then there is Nikki Haley -- the sole woman in the Republican presidential field and now on the cusp of consolidating second place after showing there may be another way than simply aping the main man.

G.O.P. leaders, including Gov. Brian Kemp, are shielding Fani T. Willis from political threats, not so much to protect her, as to protect the image of the state.

Colton Moore, a 30-year-old auctioneer from rural Dade County, Georgia, enjoys rare bragging rights for a freshman state senator. Donald Trump, the leading candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, recently singled him out by name as a man of “courage and conviction.” A few months ago, Moore demanded that his fellow lawmakers call a special session to consider firing or defunding Fani Willis, the Atlanta-area district attorney leading a criminal racketeering case agains...

This week, most of the national headlines focused on the rough sledding Republicans had in Tuesday’s off-year elections, but in the counties outside Pittsburgh, the GOP romped.

ATLANTA, U.S. -- With less than a year to go before the next U.S. presidential election, former President Donald Trump remains the solid front-runner

Without strong federal policies, states have become more active and divergent.

Negative partisanship will likely be driving voter turnout on both sides in 2024.

When House Republicans elect a new speaker this week, the only question is not whether, but how far, they will move the party to the right.

When House Republicans elect a new speaker this week, the only question is not whether, but how far, they will move the party to the right.

Congress has less than two full weeks to agree to some form of legislation that will fund the government past its Sept. 30 deadline, but as hard-line House GOP members buck a recently announced continuing resolution brokered between the House Freedom Caucus and the Republican Main Street Caucus, it appears that the nation is barreling perilously close to a government shutdown.