Ten years ago this month, nine conservative House Republicans, frustrated with the party’s leadership, met at the conference’s retreat in Hershey, Pennsylvania, to form their own caucus. “The original working title was the Reasonable Nutjob Caucus,

A new rift has opened in the House Republican caucus over how best to carry out President Donald Trump’s sweeping “Make America Great Again” agenda. Conservative hardliners left the House GOP’s annual issues conference this week arguing leadership hasn’t found a path forward to effectively overhaul the federal government.

The president of an advocacy group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence praised President Trump’s 2024 election victory in a new interview but argued that Republicans will not fall in line

Louisiana State Treasurer John Fleming, who is seeking to oust Sen. Bill Cassidy in 2026, is calling the senator a "RINO," or "Republican in name only."

U.S. Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) said he expects President Donald Trump will withhold federal dollars from those who don’t comply with mass deportation and other policies — potentially even in ...

President Donald Trump wants to enact a sweeping, conservative agenda. House Speaker Mike Johnson could be key to getting that done.

And when it comes to the heart of Trump’s agenda — a sprawling party-line effort encompassing border, energy and tax policy — key strategic questions remain in flux. Once they agree on the general direction of travel, leaders will then have to navigate a thicket of nasty intraparty disputes on the policies themselves.

After fours years of criticizing budget deficits under Joe Biden, Republicans now have a math problem of their own.

After the Jan. 6 attack, he argued that Donald Trump had engaged in “clearly ... When one of Meadows’ successors as House Freedom Caucus chair, Virginia Rep. Bob Good (like Roy, a DeSantis ...

U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledges the crowd as House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) (L) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) applaud after Trump addressed the 2025 Republican Issues Conference at the Trump National Doral Miami on January 27, 2025.

Trump, who won Arizona — a “purple” swing state — by more than 5 percentage points in 2024 after losing to former President Joe Biden in 2020, encouraged businesswoman Karrin Taylor Robson to jump in the race in 2026 while delivering his victory speech in Phoenix in December.

Stemming from frustration with government spending and with Republican leadership, this group of far-right conservatives has had two overarching goals over the past decade.