GASTON COUNTY, N.C. — Dozens of tea party members rallied in support of the Second Amendment in Gaston County. The rally coincides with Patrick Henry's famous "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" speech ...

At least since the Harvard scholar Robert Putnam turned “bowling alone” into a social malady, the philanthropic world has been encouraging Americans to become more involved in the nation’s civic life, ...

Tea Party membership has tapered off locally since the movement first erupted in 2009 as a conservative reaction to liberal control in Washington, but the core of the group said it remains determined.

Critics of proposed health insurance reform target the Democrat’s local office. Members of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Tea Party march outside the Wilkes-Barre office of U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski to ...

The IRS admitted last month that it targeted for tougher examinations tea party and other conservative groups seeking the tax-exempt designation. Susan McLaughlin, of Liberty Twp., was one of several ...

During the debt-ceiling debate, one prominent pundit said Tea Party members of Congress of "[held] the nation hostage" by refusing to compromise. A Wall Street Journal poll showed negative views of ...

In the wake of the health care vote, the media did their best to paint Tea Party activists as a bunch of violent bigots. But it looks like that narrative didn’t gain too much traction with the public.