Republicans Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner stepped up their attacks on each other Saturday as the two gubernatorial hopefuls battled for support of the party faithful at the GOP’s statewide convention in Santa Clara.

''Tea party'' tax opponents met at ''ground zero'' in Gilbert on Saturday in protest of state and local sales-tax-increase measures on the ballot this spring.

''Tea party'' tax opponents met at ''ground zero'' in Gilbert on Saturday in protest of state and local sales-tax-increase measures on the ballot this spring.

HARRISBURG — Some day it might be remembered as the “tea party” primary. The

'Coffee party' debuts in West Palm Beach as 'anti-tea party'

GRAND JUNCTION - The Tea Party Express, the Tea Party Patriots, the 9.12 Patriots and dozens of related groups first drew attention during their angry, sign-waving protests over taxes and health care reform a year ago. Since then, these conservative groups, or "pro-patriots" as they prefer to be called, have been busy in church halls and in coffee shops from Greeley to Bayfield. Their plan: Use ...

HARRISBURG, Pa.—Some day it might be remembered as the Tea Party primary.

The Tea Party Express, the Tea Party Patriots, the 9.12 Patriots and dozens of related groups first drew attention during their angry, sign-waving protests over taxes and health care reform a year ago.

Bay Area Tea Party members and like-minded conservatives flocked to Mill Valley on Sunday for a “Conservative Groupa-Palooza,” a ticket-only event that drew more than 500 attendees to the Mill Valley Community Center’s Cascade Room.

Bay Area Tea Party members and like-minded conservatives flocked to Mill Valley on Sunday for a “Conservative Groupa-Palooza,” a ticket-only event that drew more than 500 attendees to the Mill Valley Community Center’s Cascade Room.

Virginia's Fifth Congressional District seems ripe for a Republican victory -- unless the conservative passion of the Tea Party movement trumps political pragmatism

Honesdale Borough Council approved a request from the CLEAR 4 TEA Party to hold a rally in Honesdale in April.

Minnesota "Tea Party Patriots" plan a rally Saturday outside the State Capitol, like the one seen here in St. Louis this week, to protest federal health care reform, and there's some debate on how the movement will influence Minnesota politics.

About two dozen members of the Southeast Texas Tea Party met this afternoon in a conference room at U.S. Rep. Ted Poe's conference room downtown.

They are occasioned by a recent commentary from Keith Olbermann, of MSNBC. The commentary — you can find it on YouTube — scored the tea party movement as the outcry of people who haven't yet made peace with the fact that their president is black.

Bay Area Tea Party members and like-minded conservatives flocked to Mill Valley on Sunday for a “Conservative Groupa-Palooza,” a ticket-only event that drew more than 500 attendees to the Mill Valley Community Center’s Cascade Room.

No tea party in Jupiter

Last week, I wrote a piece about the tea party movement and the obvious through-line of race, race-baiting, racism and the use of the Southern...

Bay Area Tea Party members and like-minded conservatives flocked to Mill Valley on Sunday for a “Conservative Groupa-Palooza,” a ticket-only event that drew more than 500 attendees to the Mill Valley Community Center’s Cascade Room.

Virginia's Fifth Congressional District seems ripe for a Republican victory -- unless the conservative passion of the Tea Party movement trumps political pragmatism