The donkey and elephant became political symbols in the United States through a combination of political satire and popular ...

ATLANTA — It's election season once again, and you may ask, "Why is that elephant waving an American flag with its trunk?" or, "Why is that donkey dressed like Uncle Sam?" The donkey has long ...

OpEd: The folks you didn't want to discuss politics with at Thanksgiving may be changing their perspective these days.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - November 7, 1874. The Third-Term Panic by Thomas Nast was the first political cartoon depicting the elephant as the Republican Party symbol. The GOP symbol we are now ...

Nothing says the holidays like picking out the family Christmas tree, and one family-owned farm says it's got just what you're looking for. December 3, 1956. University of Kansas sophomore and ...