A day-long gathering that celebrates conservative politics is set to put the newly energized Republican Party fully on display a month into President Trump's second term.

The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), which begins Thursday in Maryland, will offer something of a victory lap for Trump and the GOP after the president decisively won battleground states and made inroads with key voting blocs.

Yet, even as Republicans rally around the president at CPAC this week, fault lines have emerged within the party and even among his allies in recent weeks around key issues like foreign policy and some of Trump's nominees.

"Unlike the left, which requires unanimity of opinion, the political right in this country, whether it's Congresswoman Hageman and her colleagues in the House and Senate, or whether it's us at Heritage on the outside and sort of the institutional academic right, if you will, are comfortable with civil discourse," Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts told reporters on a call alongside Hageman while in London when asked about the recent policy disputes.

Republicans are converging at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center this week to take part in the longstanding GOP event; a forum traditionally served as a hotspot for Republican activists and candidate hopefuls alike but, in more recent years, has morphed into more of a celebration around Trump and likeminded Republicans.

And it's at that conference, at times dubbed "TPAC," where the president's allies and supporters are likely to use this year's event as an opportunity to tout the party's electoral wins and the Trump administration's frenzy of policies since Trump took office a month ago, while underscoring the hold that the president has had around the GOP.

The celebratory mood of CPAC will offer a stark contrast to that of the Democratic Party, which........

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