For anti-slavery Americans like the ones meeting in Ripon, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was a profound betrayal. The Ripon Herald newspaper, in March 1854, denounced the bill as a "nefarious scheme." ...

The billionaire and former Trump adviser suggested that if the domestic policy bill passed, he would swiftly form a new ...

The new Republican Party positioned itself as the party of freedom and equality, with a strong anti-slavery platform. Its first presidential candidate, John C. Frémont, ...

The Republican Party emerged in 1854 from the embers of the anti-slavery movement and the ashes of the Whigs. After its 1856 nominee lost, the Republican Party made its presidential debut with ...

The delegates gathering in Milwaukee this week are awfully different than the band of abolitionists who founded the Republican Party in this Wisconsin town 170 years ago.

In New Jersey, where the Abolish Slavery National Network’s Febo is helping to draft an amendment with the hopes of getting it on the 2026 ballot, he said the state effort’s legal team is ...

1854: In the North, anti-slavery activists from all parties begin meeting. ... Many Southerners find a new home in the Republican Party, leaving the Democrats for good. 1980: ...

On July 15, thousands of Republican delegates descended upon the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to approve a new Donald Trump–driven party platform, which, among many other changes ...

The Republican Party was born in Ripon, Wis., about 90 minutes northwest of Milwaukee. As the state prepares to host the Republican National Convention, we revisit the party's roots.