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The Tea Party Express attempts to flex its political muscle by issuing a request that Danny Tarkanian drop out of the race for the Republican senate nomination in Nevada.

Democrats pounced Thursday as a race row consumed new Tea Party favorite Rand Paul, raising new warnings the fervent grass roots movement could damage Republicans in November's elections.

(CNN) A national leader of the conservative Tea Party movement has been strongly criticized by Islamic civil rights leaders for referring to the proposed site of a New York City mosque as a place for Muslims to worship "the terrorists' monkey-god." Tea Party Express organizer Mark Williams blogged on his Web site last week [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) A tea party conservative on a national stage, Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul of Kentucky labored Thursday to explain remarks suggesting businesses be allowed to deny service to blacks without fear of federal interference, declaring, "I abhor racial discrimination."

Howard Fineman: Tea Party philosophy runs smack into the wall of rights the Constitution creates, and if Rand Paul doesn't want to recognize that, he will turn the entire election into a referendum on racial discrimination.

Nestle SA launched a high-tech tea-making gadget Thursday it hopes will match the runaway success of its best-selling Nespresso coffee machines and capsules.

The Indiana state senator and tea party favorite who finished second in this month's Republican U.S. Senate primary announced Thursday he would seek the U.S. House seat of Mark Souder, who is resigning in the wake of revelations about his extramarital affair.

With Tea Party activists convinced he's not conservative enough, Utah Republican Robert Bennett may be the rare incumbent who fails even to crack his party's primary ballot

What began as traditional tax day protests throughout the country became mini Tea Party rallies for conservative politicians plugging their campaigns in Nevada.

WASHINGTON -- The national Tea Party group shook up Nevada's U.S. Senate race by announcing Thursday it was backing Republican Sharron Angle, a former state legislator and deep-rooted conservative from Northern Nevada.

U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle has won the Tea Party Express lottery and will get the national group's endorsement on Tax Day in Washington.

RALEIGH - Garner town councilman Phil Matthews, a businessman with a tea party flair and goals aligned the Wake County school board majority, emerged victorious in Tuesday's Republican contest to run against Democrat Lindy Brown for the Board of Commissioners District 2 seat.

Meet the Tea Party's new hero, Rand Paul - a never-elected ophthalmologist from the land of bluegrass who is more red state than Sarah Palin's lipstick.

At first, they were ignored. Then they were mocked. Next, they were roundly smeared and scorned. Today, the Tea Party movement has in its grip the trembling attention of both Democrats and Republicans. Before Tuesday's primary night, all the Tea Party "victories" had been qualified in some way. In...

May 20 (Bloomberg) -- Nestle SA will sell premium tea in France similar to its Nespresso coffee line, to tap demand for high-end drinks.

One day after incumbents lost their seats across the country, local Tea Party supporters are trying to rally support for their movement.

He won over Kentucky Republicans and Fox News. But can he lead the Tea Party to Washington? Kentucky - Trey Grayson - Ron Paul - Rand Paul - Mitch McConnell

Here's what's next for the anti-tax Tea Party movement and other conservative insurgents who are shaking up the GOP.

In the past four weeks, "Tea Party" supporters and other conservative insurgents have pushed Florida Gov. Charlie Crist out of the Republican Party, knocked Utah Sen. Bob Bennett off the GOP primary ballot and overridden Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's pick for Kentucky's Republican Senate nominee.