Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe trying to persuade Tea Party lawmakers to support highway funding Updated: Sat, May 26, 2012 Conservative Republican Jim Inhofe is a lead negotiator on a highway bill that has some funding problems and a provision that would approve the Keystone XL pipeline. Read More

Ron Paul: ‘We will no longer spend resources' on campaign for Republican presidential nomination Published: Mon, May 14, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — Ron Paul says he is done spending money on his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. Paul on Monday issued a statement that insisted he would continue the fight for delegates, taking the battle to the GOP convention in Tampa. But the favorite of libertarians and tea partiers... Read More

Sen. Richard Lugar result not likely to carry over to Oklahoma Published: Fri, May 11, 2012 RICHARD Lugar's sixth term in the U.S. Senate will be his last. Tea party forces in Indiana saw to that, helping produce a landslide victory for their candidate in the Republican primary this week. Challenger Richard Mourdock, a two-term state treasurer, won with 60 percent of the vote. Mourdock succeeded in... Read More

Outspoken Florida Democratic Rep. Grayson unseated Published: Tue, Nov 2, 2010 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Brazen, combative and unabashedly liberal Democratic U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson has been ousted. The freshman lawmaker from Orlando lost Tuesday to one of Florida's most experienced Republican politicians, Daniel Webster of Winter Garden. Webster spent 28 years in the Florida Legislature,... Read More

GOP celebrates first fruits of expected big night Updated: Tue, Nov 2, 2010 Kentucky Republican Rand Paul has been elected to the U.S. Senate, riding tea party support and strong criticism of President Barack Obama to victory. Read More

Dueling rallies in DC mark King speech anniversary Updated: Sat, Aug 28, 2010 WASHINGTON (AP) — Tens of thousands of people heeded broadcaster Glenn Beck's summons for his "Restoring Honor" rally Saturday from the same marble steps at the Lincoln Memorial where Martin Luther King Jr.'s gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech 47 years ago to the day. Civil rights leaders protested the... Read More

Bixby singer Krista Branch sings Tea Party praises — and creates a YouTube hit Updated: Tue, Jul 20, 2010 Bixby resident Krista Branch has gained nationwide notoriety in recent weeks with a tune that’s quickly become a politically-charged anthem for the Tea Party movement. Read More

Iowa billboard linking Obama, Hitler removed Updated: Wed, Jul 14, 2010 DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A billboard created by an Iowa tea party group comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Lenin has been removed. Read More

Sarah Palin to speak in Tulsa Updated: Tue, Feb 23, 2010 Former governor of Alaska and vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin will be in Tulsa next month as part of a concert featuring conservative talk show host Glenn Beck. It will be Palin's first official trip to Tulsa. Her most recent high-profile speech was earlier this month in Nashville at the national Tea Party... Read More