Elephants are playing important roles in the country’s civil war, but the conflict casts a dark shadow over their future.

The Silver Elephant dinner often attracts presidential hopefuls looking to test their message in front of Republican Party ...

In the military, we call that soft power—influence earned through credibility and values. It's what builds coalitions abroad, ...

Why is the Demoratic Symbol a donkey and the Republican Symbol an elephant? What is the history of the political party symbols? What is the story behind the animal mascots of our major parties ...

An elephant, the symbol of the Republican Party, is seen on a facade of Fiserv Forum, the site of the upcoming Republican National Convention, in Milwaukee, Wis., July 13, 2024.

According to the United States national archives, the elephant became a recognizable symbol for the Republican Party in the late 19th century after the cartoonist Thomas Nast popularized the image ...

Eight years ago, around 175,000 people angry and upset by Donald Trump’s election flooded Boston Common for the Women’s March,” cheering on speeches from high-profile Democratic politicians ...

But it was Nast’s revival of the Democratic donkey in his Jan. 18, 1870 cartoon, shown above — “A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion” — that popularized the symbol.

Thomas Nast, the German-born editorial cartoonist for Harper’s Weekly magazine, came up with both of them — he introduced the donkey first, on Jan. 19, 1870: 155 years ago Sunday.

Joy Reid gets mocked for wearing elephant earrings But social media wasn’t exactly feeling Joy Reid's “never forget” energy—especially since elephants are the symbol of the Republican Party. "She’s ...

So when Political Pattie’s took over the space formerly occupied by The Dirty Goose, an iconic gay bar popular with both locals and political staffers, the decision to paint over the former bar’s ...