Mike Pence

Pence is the first major candidate to leave a race that has been dominated by his former boss-turned-rival, Donald Trump, and his struggles underscore just how much Trump has transformed the party

The former vice president ended September with just $1.18 million cash-on-hand, according to recent filings, and owed $621,000 in debt

Tanya Chutkan must balance the need to protect the integrity of the legal proceedings against the First Amendment rights of a presidential candidate to defend himself in public

It is not clear when U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan might rule, but potentially protracted arguments over the motion could delay the case as courts step into what defense lawyers described an unsettled question

Trump is holding fewer, bigger events that demonstrate the strength of his organization and hold over GOP base voters

Several candidates dared to criticize the absent Trump, but none stood out enough to narrow his lead in the polls

The seven candidates intensified their attacks against the former president, who is leading the race for the 2024 nomination by more than 40 points

Asa Hutchinson, the former Arkansas governor, failed to qualify for Wednesday’s event at California’s Reagan Library, which will include just seven candidates

The Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition’s annual banquet is traditionally a marquee event on the Republican primary calendar. But the former president skipped it

Rather than stake out the hardest line, the former president has even warned other Republicans against locking themselves into positions that are unpopular with a majority of the public

In the United States, there is growing talk of a legal theory that claims that the key to stopping the Republican candidate lies in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits an insurrectionist from running for president

‘Should the new populism of the right seize and guide our party, the Republican Party we’ve long known will cease to exist and the fate of American freedom would be in doubt,’ the former vice president said in a speech Wednesday

The charismatic 38-year-old businessman was met Friday by hundreds of GOP activists in small central cities near Des Moines

The governor of Florida missed the opportunity to close the gap with the former president, whose absence loomed large over the event

It took more than an hour for moderators to ask about Trump’s legal battles, a discussion previewed with a video of the Atlanta jail where he will surrender on charges Thursday

DeSantis tries to take advantage of this first head-to-head to close the gap with the former president, while the rest of the pack hoped to stand out

The former president broadcasted a conversation with the controversial presenter Tucker Carlson through social networks, just before the start of the first GOP primary debate

In addition to Trump, eight candidates have met the donor and polling qualifications set by the party to decide who can take part in the event

Rivals of the former U.S. president face off in the first debate as the possibility of changing the dynamics of the campaign become more and more remote

Some of the division within the field has come over whether there should be a national ban on the practice and after how many weeks

Republicans chose Milwaukee for the first debate and for the national convention in just 11 months largely because of Wisconsin’s well-earned status as a swing state

Trump had been discussing a number of debate counterprogramming options, including sitting for an interview with ex-Fox News host Tucker Carlson

Trump dominates the primary polls and media attention even as he faces multiple criminal indictments for alleged actions before, during and after his presidency

No compelling evidence of the wide-scale fraud Trump alleges has emerged in the two-and-a-half years since the election in Georgia or elsewhere, despite Trump’s baseless claims

Former Vice President Mike Pence is hosting mock debate sessions with someone playing the part of the former president. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has participated in weekly sessions with an eye toward drawing clear contrasts with Trump