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Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a fundraising event for U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, Aug. 6, 2023, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

What GOP voters say they want to hear from primary candidates at first presidential debate

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis laughs during a Fair-Side Chat with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds at the Iowa State Fair, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

DeSantis needs to learn how to connect with Republican voters

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., pauses outside the chamber during a confirmation vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 5, 2021. Both of the state's U.S. senators, Cassidy and Sen. John Kennedy say they have mulled over the option of running for governor and plan on announcing their decisions for 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy doubts Trump can beat Biden, calls on him to drop out of race amid legal woes

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel speaks at the committee's winter meeting in Dana Point, Calif., Jan. 27, 2023. Republican presidential candidates will be blocked from the debate stage this summer if they do not sign a pledge to support the GOP's ultimate presidential nominee, according to draft language set to be adopted when the RNC meets next week. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) **FILE**

RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel ‘holding out hope’ Trump will join GOP debate

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump waves to supporters as he boards his plane after a visit to the Iowa State Fair, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Trump looms large over Iowa State Fair, but many GOP voters still mulling their caucus choices

By Thomas Beaumont and Hannah Fingerhut - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at the Moms for Liberty meeting in Philadelphia, June 30, 2023. Several Republican White House hopefuls are appearing starting Friday at a conservative conference with hopes of making up ground against former President Donald Trump. Trump won’t speak at The Gathering, an Atlanta event where radio host Erick Erickson will welcome six GOP contenders. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Trump’s 2024 GOP rivals converge on Atlanta just days after his latest indictment

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

Illustration on Trump and the Republican debates by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

On the GOP debate stage or not, Trump will dominate the headlines

By Michael McKenna

Former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at the Moms for Liberty meeting in Philadelphia, June 30, 2023. Several Republican White House hopefuls are appearing starting Friday at a conservative conference with hopes of making up ground against former President Donald Trump. Trump won’t speak at The Gathering, an Atlanta event where radio host Erick Erickson will welcome six GOP contenders. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Trump’s huge hint: ‘Why should I debate?’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate Miami Mayor Francis Suarez speaks at the Republican Party of Iowa's 2023 Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, July 28, 2023. Suarez has qualified for next week's Republican presidential debate, he said on Friday, Aug. 18, becoming the ninth White House hopeful to meet the fundraising and polling thresholds required to participate in the opening debate of the 2024 campaign. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, a fierce Ron DeSantis critic, qualifies for GOP presidential debate

By Steve Peoples - Associated Press

Trump determined to fix U.S.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks as he visits the Iowa State Fair, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Judge won’t delay Trump’s defamation claims trial, calling the ex-president’s appeal frivolous

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during Georgia Chamber Congressional Luncheon at The Classic Center, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, in Athens, Ga. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Georgia state senator seeks special session to impeach, defund Fani Willis

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the Des Moines International Airport after a visit to the Iowa State Fair, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Trump lawyers seek April 2026 trial date in federal election subversion case

By Eric Tucker - Associated Press

Proud Boys leader Henry "Enrique" Tarrio wears a hat that says The War Boys during a rally in Portland, Ore., on Sept. 26, 2020. The Justice Department said Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023, it is seeking 33 years in prison for Tarrio, convicted of seditious conspiracy in one of the most serious cases to emerge from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner, File)

Justice Department seeks 33 years in prison for ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio in Jan. 6 case

By Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at the South Carolina Statehouse, Jan. 28, 2023, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Trump says GOP must ‘get tougher’ in fight over his criminal charges

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis poses for a portrait on April 19, 2023, in Atlanta. Just one month after Donald Trump’s January 2021 phone call to suggest Georgia’s secretary of state could overturn his election loss, Willis announced she was looking into possibly illegal “attempts to influence” the results. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Democrats’ Ponzi scheme: In Fulton County courthouse, things go bump in the night

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump waves as he steps off his plane at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Aug. 3, 2023, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Majority of Americans say Trump deserves prosecution over 2020 election actions, poll finds

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE — New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, right, dressed in drag as a role in "Victor/Victoria," sings with Julie Andrews at the New York Hilton, March 1, 1997, during an event presented by the Inner Circle. Giuliani, once warmly regarded as "America's Mayor" in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, and who first rose to prominence as a federal prosecutor going after mobsters with a then-novel approach to racketeering cases, has seen his reputation tumble and his liberty threatened in defense of Donald Trump's bogus election fraud claims. (AP Photo/Joe DeMaria, File)

The fall of Rudy Giuliani: How ‘America’s mayor’ tied his fate to Donald Trump and got indicted

By Michael R. Sisak - Associated Press

Carlos De Oliveira, center, the property manager of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, arrives at the Alto Lee Adams Sr. U.S. Courthouse, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, in Fort Pierce, Fla. De Oliveira was scheduled to be arraigned on charges including conspiracy to obstruct justice in the case brought by special counsel Jack Smith. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Jack Smith says lawyer for Trump co-defendant might have conflict of interest in documents case

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a Fair-Side Chat with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds at the Iowa State Fair, Aug. 11, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. He says he won't sign the pledge required to participate, but former President Donald Trump's Republican rivals are actively preparing as if he will be on stage for the GOP's first presidential debate next week. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Mike Pence reacts to Georgia indictment, says state was not stolen from GOP in 2020

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times