Paige the elephant made her appearance, boasting a red, white, and blue headpiece and a sign draped over her body that read, "Unity Drives Victory" ...

Convention-goers gasped Friday after an elephant relieved itself as it strolled through the assembly hall at a Texas Republican Party gathering. Gov. Greg Abbott had just finished his keynote at the ...

By not obtaining a permit to parade Paige around convention attendees, delegates and elected officials, organizers failed to ...

By bringing an elephant to their Houston convention, Texas Republicans renewed scrutiny of a long-fading practice condemned ...

A four-ton elephant brought into the Texas Republican Party’s annual convention to energize delegates became the most talked-about attendee after she unexpectedly urinated on the floor in front of ...

An elephant was brought out and walked around the Texas Republican Party Convention on Friday following Gov. Greg Abbott's address. Senate GOP frustrations grow as Trump blocks Republican victories ...

Matthew Chapman attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and lives in San Marcos, Texas. Before joining Raw Story, he wrote for Shareblue and AlterNet, specializing in election and policy coverage.

The 2026 Texas Republican convention ended with a splash on Friday, June 12. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott followed up his address to the Texas Republican Party at the George R. Brown Convention Center in ...

The apparent code violation adds to cruelty concerns raised after Paige's appearance, which came as the finale to Gov. Greg Abbott's speech and went viral after the elephant urinated on the convention ...