Conservatism
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey and new Liberal Democrat MP for Chesham and Amersham Sarah Green during a victory rally at Chesham Youth Centre in Chesham, England, Friday June 18, 2021, after Sarah Green won the Chesham and Amersham by-election. In a surprising result, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party was easily defeated in a special election for a seat it has held onto for decades. (Steve Parsons/PA via AP)
UK's Conservatives suffer defeat in 'blue wall' seat

By Pan Pylas Jun. 18, 2021 11:19 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 29, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump pauses while speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2020, at National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Conservative gathering to feature Trump's false fraud claims

By Jill Colvin And Steve Peoples Feb. 25, 2021 01:52 PM EST

North Dakota Legislature votes to require masks at Capitol

Dec. 03, 2020 12:39 PM EST
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota lawmakers decided Thursday to require masks at the state Capitol, despite opposition by ultraconservative members of the...

U.S. House candidate Bob Good for Virginia's Fifth Congressional District speaks during a watch party at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Good faced Democratic candidate Cameron Webb. (Kendall Warner/The News & Advance via AP)
Bob Good wins, keeping US House seat in Virginia Republican

By Alan Suderman And Sarah Rankin Nov. 03, 2020 12:56 AM EST

FILE - In this April 12, 2020, file photo, Pastor W.R. Starr II preaches during a drive-in Easter Sunday service while churchgoers listen from their cars in the parking lot at Faith City Christian Center in Kansas City, Kan. The principle of religious freedom is important to most Americans. But as President Donald Trump touts his support for it during his reelection bid, there are notable fault lines among people of different faiths and political ideologies over what it truly means. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
Religious freedom in America: popular and polarizing

By Elana Schor And Hannah Fingerhut Aug. 05, 2020 09:57 AM EDT

Two Supreme Court cases involving President Donald Trump's financial records were decided Thursday.;
Thomas spoke, Roberts ruled in unusual Supreme Court term

By Mark Sherman And Jessica Gresko Jul. 11, 2020 12:14 AM EDT

Two people walk down the steps outside the Supreme Court, Thursday, July 9, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Thomas spoke, Roberts ruled in unusual Supreme Court term

By Mark Sherman And Jessica Gresko Jul. 10, 2020 12:58 PM EDT

Andrej Plenkovic, Croatia's Prime Minister incumbent casts his ballot at a polling station in Zagreb, Croatia, Sunday, July 5, 2020. Amid a spike of new coronavirus cases, voters in Croatia cast ballots on Sunday in what is expected be a close parliamentary race that could push the latest European Union member state further to the right. (AP Photo)
Croatia's ruling conservatives win big in parliamentary vote

By Sasha Kavic Jul. 05, 2020 01:20 AM EDT

Bob Good, won 58.12 percent of the vote in the 5th Congressional District Republican convention held Saturday, June 22, 2020 at Lynchburg's Tree of Life Ministries. Good's win unseated Congressman Denver Riggleman, who served one term. Good will face the Democratic candidate in the November 3 general election.(Amy Friedenberger/The Roanoke Times via AP)
Convincing win in Virginia shows strength of Black vote

By Alan Suderman Jun. 24, 2020 05:45 PM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, file photo, Republican candidate Bob Good talks with voters as they arrive at the Moose Lodge in Lynchburg, Va. U.S. Rep. Denver Riggleman lost a GOP convention Saturday, June 13, 2020, that was done via drive-thru because of the coronavirus pandemic. He was defeated by Bob Good, a former official in the athletics department at Liberty University. (Autumn Parry/The News & Advance via AP, File)
GOP congressman who officiated gay wedding loses primary

Jun. 14, 2020 01:43 AM EDT

Jacksonville's history complicates Republican convention

By Bobby Caina Calvan Jun. 12, 2020 04:51 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — When Republicans descend on Jacksonville, Florida, to officially renominate President Donald Trump for a second term, it will be a...