Candidates

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump knows how to influence an election, that much is clear. In the last few years, he has championed down-ballot nominees, wielded extensive influence over primary races and had his fingerprints on the House leadership race. But Trump is already beginning to leave his MAGA mark on […]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Some of the major Republican candidates not named Trump saw an opportunity in their party’s poor election performances last week: Blame the former president, their biggest rival in the 2024 race. Elsewhere on the trail, Joe Biden sought to build some reelection buzz in South Carolina and Tim Scott brought […]

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump’s comeback campaign has both cemented his status as primary front-runner and fundamentally altered the way candidates have historically approached the GOP presidential primary by skipping party-sanctioned debates and opting out of retail politics writ large. To knock him down a peg, though, most of his rivals are […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Republican presidential candidates including Mike Pence and Tim Scott are lamenting the Saturday shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, and the racism that authorities said motivated it — but the White House hopefuls are steering clear of the debate over gun laws. Jacksonville authorities said the three Black victims were killed […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Republicans gathered Friday for Day 2 of the Iowa State Fair, news broke in Washington that the U.S. attorney investigating Hunter Biden was being elevated to special counsel. Several candidates in the 2024 GOP field welcomed the development, with former Vice President Mike Pence telling reporters it’s “about time.” […]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A robust field of 2024 Republican presidential hopefuls descend upon Washington on Friday and Saturday for one of the first multi-candidate cattle calls of the primary cycle, with their positions on abortion expected to be a prime focus. The gathering — billed as one of the largest forums for conservative […]

Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Two long shot Republican candidates in the 2024 presidential race have gone further than others in the party in defending former President Donald Trump from his unprecedented federal indictment. Vivek Ramaswamy and Perry Johnson, both entrepreneurs and both polling in the back of the pack of GOP candidates, […]