Tea Party

The Democrats have suffered a defeat in the US midterm elections, but as Richard Wolffe writes for Channel 4 News there is not much to celebrate for the Republican Tea Party either.

The Democrats are getting desperate for votes on the eve of the US midterm elections, writes Sarah Smith, as all polls point to major gains for the Republican Party.

With the US midterm elections looming, Washington Correspondent Sarah Smith goes in search of an elusive candidate and finds cobwebs at the Tea Party.

The backlash against President Obama in the US midterm elections has even spread to those who depend on the aid they could lose if the Republicans win power, as Sarah Smith reports from Kentucky.

A surge in the number of female candidates in the running or the US mid term elections is changing the face of US politics, writes Washington correspondent Sarah Smith.

New Republican senate candidate Christine O’Donnell dismisses comments she made more than a decade ago about having a “picnic on a satanic altar” while dabbling in witchcraft.

The far-right Tea Party movement in America has scored some significant wins over more mainstream Republican rivals to get the chance to contest November’s mid-term elections.

The disaffected are casting around looking for someone who seems to embody their political beliefs, and seems like they have chosen Ronald Reagan, writes Sarah Smith

Pictures from the Tea party.