Story about Republican brings bad feeling (8)
I believe the answer is:
friction
'bad feeling' is the definition.
'friction' can be an answer for 'feeling' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'bad' bit.
'story about republican' is the wordplay.
'story' becomes 'fiction'.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'republican' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'fiction' enclosing 'r' is 'FRICTION'.
'brings' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for friction that I've seen before include "The rubbing of one object against another" , "A rubbing between two surfaces" , "Conflict between people who rub each other the wrong way" , "Disagreement" , "animosity" .)