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Elon Musk wants to build a new political party to challenge's America's two-party system. But it won't be easy, even for the world's richest man.

An independent who gave Republicans a scare last year trying to unseat an incumbent senator in a red state is launching another effort to unseat a GOP senator.

The America Party has yet to hold a formative congress or issue a specific platform. Little is known about the party’s stance ...

Musk described his new party on his platform X as tech-centric, budget-conscious, pro-energy and centrist, with the goal of ...

Her vote on Trump’s budget bill shattered her relationship with the independent and Democratic voters who had saved her three ...

The challenge and opportunity for the independent voter/open primaries movement is to celebrate these gains without losing sight of how much more work needs to be done.

It’s a striking example of just how monolithic the once ideologically heterogenous Republican Party has become.

Musk said he wants to form the America Party. A third party has never won the presidency, but they have influenced elections, ...

"The Republicans are now being referred to as the American Fascist Party by the foreign press, and I'll be calling them this ...

I saw a lot of chortling after Elon Musk’s announcement last week that he intends to start a third party, the America Party.

From independent presidential bids to third-parties, several prominent businessmen have tried to upend America's two-party ...