The Republican Party or the Republicans is the USA’s oldest political party and is economically conservative . Traditionally it stands for business, small government and low taxation.

The US Capitol Building - the seat of US Federal Government. The US Federal Government is based in Washington DC and is comprised of the President, US Congress (two houses - House of ...

The US president last week signed an executive order cutting financial assistance to South Africa citing a land expropriation ...

The BBC's Lucy Woodham explains why a blue donkey and a red elephant are symbols of the US political parties. Mounted police galloped after a man who fled on foot when officers approached him in ...

Last week, in his final State of the Union address, President Obama said a future of peace, prosperity and opportunity is attainable in the United States, “if we fix our politics” and it will only ...

The BBC's Elena Egawhary has taken a journey back through the decades to find out. Looking only at those parties with a slate of at least 10 candidates standing in the General Election gives us a ...

In the United States and Western Europe, progressives were even more unpopular — with the left-leaning parties securing only 42% of their respective votes. The global demise of the political ...

Cyprus’ political parties on Thursday largely welcomed the United States’ decision to allow the Republic of Cyprus to purchase military hardware directly. Disy leader and House president ...

Political parties needn’t worry about changes like ... Our ability to evolve – slowly and carefully – has made us one of the oldest democracies in the world: it’s time to evolve again.

Election Day will be here before you know it so if you need to change your political party, make sure you do so before ...