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    • Tuesday, 24 March, 2020
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    • Wednesday, 14 February, 2018
      Edward Luce
      Where is the Tea Party when you need it?

      Republican hawks are no longer exercised by yawning federal deficits

    • Wednesday, 20 January, 2016
      US presidential election
      Sarah Palin challenges Donald Trump’s establishment doubters

      Cruz in for a bruising in Iowa and beyond after tycoon wins conservative seal of approval

    • Wednesday, 25 June, 2014
      Mississippi Republican defeats Tea Party senate challenger
    • Thursday, 19 June, 2014
      Scalise wins role to unify Republicans
    • Thursday, 12 June, 2014
      The FT View
      The Tea Party’s triumphant return

      After Cantor’s defeat, moderate Republicans must regroup

    • Wednesday, 11 June, 2014
      Cantor’s Tea Party defeat stuns Washington
    • Wednesday, 11 June, 2014
      Off MessageJohn McDermott
      Why Eric Cantor lost
    • Wednesday, 11 June, 2014
      Top Republican is beaten in primary
    • Friday, 23 May, 2014
      Christopher Caldwell
      Money alone will not swing it for the Republicans

      The taming of the Tea Party leaves the GOP short on the ideological message the voters like

    • Wednesday, 21 May, 2014
      US downturn
      Establishment Republicans vanquish Tea Party but adopt its lines
    • Wednesday, 21 May, 2014
      McConnell victory delivers fresh blow to Tea Party
    • Friday, 2 May, 2014
      Mitch McConnell leads Republican Kentucky derby
    • Thursday, 6 February, 2014
      News in-depthGlobal Insight
      Republicans’ taming of the Tea Party bodes ill for Obama

      Bill passage brings relief and highlights Congress working well

    • Wednesday, 29 January, 2014
      US healthcare reform
      Republicans challenge Obama on US healthcare reform
    • Sunday, 12 January, 2014
      Edward Luce
      The tide is rising for America’s libertarians

      The new spirit in a rising climate of anti-politics has become an attitude, rather than a movement

    • Thursday, 26 December, 2013
      US downturn
      Tea Party alters strategy to turn populist anger into Senate seats
    • Sunday, 27 October, 2013
      Democrat homes in on governorship of Virginia
    • Tuesday, 22 October, 2013
      Jurek Martin
      American business can’t afford not to stand up to the Tea Party

      Big Money needs to decide on bringing the Republicans further back from Cruzomania

    • Monday, 21 October, 2013
      Budget impasse fallout splits US conservatives
    • Monday, 21 October, 2013
      Gideon Rachman
      Watch out for the rise of a European Tea Party

      The big danger to the euro is that the political consensus that underpins it could come unstuck

    • Sunday, 20 October, 2013
      Washington’s Republicans gear up to take on Tea Party radicals
    • Sunday, 20 October, 2013
      Edward Luce
      It is stupid to believe that the Tea Party has no brain

      The way to deal with the movement is not through ridicule but to understand its motivation

    • Friday, 18 October, 2013
      News in-depthThe Big Read
      US politics: They blinked

      Obama’s ability to capitalise on his political victory will be complicated by new fiscal battles with Republicans

    • Thursday, 17 October, 2013
      Republican postmortem focuses on Tea Party power
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