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
A sensible political party would conclude that a former president with four pending trials in 2024 is not the ideal candidate to run for the White House, but Republicans fear their own voters
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
Trump, in fewer than two hours on the steaming fairgrounds in Des Moines, attracted thousands of sweating, chanting supporters to his stops at the Iowa Pork Producers tent
The protective order sought by special counsel Jack Smith’s team has become an early flashpoint in the case
Trump said he will announce next week whether he’ll participate in the debate, scheduled for Aug. 23 in Milwaukee
The former vice president is the eighth candidate to qualify for the leadoff debate on Aug. 23
The former vice president’s testimony is key in the case against the real estate magnate, who has been charged for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 vote
The former president’s lawyer claims he was ‘asking’ not ‘directing’ when he called on his allies to alter the results of the 2020 vote, which he lost to Biden
Trump’s baseless allegations about election tampering in 2020 have been rejected by numerous courts
Prosecutors are pointing to a post on Trump’s social media platform in which Trump wrote, “If you go after me, I’m coming after you!”
‘The American people deserve to know that President Trump and his advisers didn’t just ask me to pause. They asked me to reject votes, return votes, essentially to overturn the election,’ the former vice president told Fox News on Wednesday
The complications reflect the reality that Trump’s campaign and his legal issues are now intertwined
The former president will appear on Thursday for arraignment before a judge investigating the attempt to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential vote, the most explosive case of the three he is facing
Trump is expected to be processed by law enforcement, be officially taken into custody and enter a not guilty plea in front of a judge before being released
More defendants mean more defense lawyers, and more legal motions and more delays, according to legal scholars and former prosecutors
Tuesday’s indictment is being held up as proof of a conspiracy to take down Trump and a continuation of the effort by Democrats, the media and the so-called deep state to interfere with the nation’s elections
The early contours of a potential legal and political defense began to emerge in the hours after the charges were unsealed
The 45-page indictment is informed, in part, by contemporaneous notes that Pence kept of their conversations in the days leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his closest rival, did not defend Trump, but he said that he would “end weaponization of government” if elected president
The indictment accuses Trump of brazenly conspiring with allies to spread falsehoods and concoct schemes intended to overturn his election loss to President Joe Biden
The third criminal case into Trump details what prosecutors say was a massive effort to “impair, obstruct, and defeat” the federal process for certifying the results of a presidential election
The newest charges describe how Trump repeatedly told supporters and others that he had won the election, despite knowing that was false, and how he tried to overturn the legitimate results
To qualify for the Aug. 23 debate, candidates needed to satisfy polling and donor requirements set by the Republican National Committee
