By Tim Reid and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Trump administration officials’ suggestion that Alex Pretti should not have brought a legally carried handgun to a Minneapolis protest has opened a rare rift with gun rights groups,

The Republican Party’s determined defense of President Trump’s deportation efforts is cracking in the wake of the fatal shooting of a second civilian protester in Minneapolis over the weekend. For the past year,

The killing of a 37-year-old man by a federal agent exposed fresh cracks in G.O.P. unity, with some expressing alarm while others stayed silent or backed the Trump administration.

The Arizona Republican Party just elected Sergio Arellano to serve as the new GOP chairman.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Republicans on Monday appealed a judge’s decision to throw out the lines of New York City’s only GOP-controlled House seat, a case that could have national reverberations in the fight for control of Congress.

A growing number of Republicans called for a full investigation after federal agents shot and killed a protester in Minneapolis, a sign of unease within the party about the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration tactics.