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The sun sets behind an idle pump jack near Karnes City, Texas, April 8, 2020. Texas can feel like a study in contrasts. One example being that the state is famed for its oil industry, but is the producer of a quarter of the country’s wind energy and a leader in solar power. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Swiss billionaire-backed climate group targets GOP debate: ‘Will they ever stand up to Big Oil?’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by FOX News Channel Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

DeSantis: Time to send Biden ‘back to his basement and reverse American decline’

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

This combination of photos shows Republican presidential candidates, top row from left, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, and Vivek Ramaswamy, bottom row from left, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Vice President Mike Pence, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson. (AP Photo)

Who takes advantage of Donald Trump’s absence and other things to watch in the Republican debate

By Steve Peoples - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by FOX News Channel Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Pence challenges Haley’s abortion ‘consensus’ as ‘opposite of leadership’

Associated Press

Illustration on U.S. involvement in the Ukraine war by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Republican isolationism: Abandoning Ukraine is no way to make America great again

By Clifford D. May

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks during a town hall campaign event, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, in Ankeny, Iowa. In the coming weeks, at least four additional candidates are expected to launch their own presidential campaigns, joining a field that already includes Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., Haley, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, tech billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy and several longer-shots like conservative talk radio host Larry Elder. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Nikki Haley goes after Vivek Ramaswamy for his plan to end aid to Israel

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

FILE - Karen Schwartz, a teacher at Phoenix School of Discovery in Louisville, stands with other teaches and their supporters to protest perceived attacks on public education on March 12, 2019, in Frankfort, Ky. While 2023 Republican gubernatorial nominee Daniel Cameron has downplayed his support for charter schools and vouchers in presenting his education plans, school choice advocacy groups have pumped millions of dollars into ads attacking his opponent, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston, File)

School choice advocacy groups hammer away at Kentucky’s Democratic governor in campaign ads

By Bruce Schreiner - Associated Press

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

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a visit to the Iowa State Fair, Aug. 12, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. After every indictment that has come his way, Trump has boasted that his standing among Republicans only improves — and he has a point. Nearly two-thirds of Republicans — 63% — say they want the former president to run again, according to new polling from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) **FILE**

Trump enjoys strong support among Republicans. The general election could be a different story

By Jill Colvin and Linley Sanders - Associated Press

Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan leaves the Fulton County Courthouse, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, in Atlanta. A list of criminal charges in Georgia against Donald Trump briefly appeared Monday on a Fulton County website, but prosecutors said the former president had not been indicted in their long-running investigation of the 2020 presidential election. (AP Photo/Alex Slitz)

Former Georgia elected official says Trump indictment is a warning for the GOP

By Tom Howell Jr. - 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. A slim majority of Americans approve of the U.S. Justice Department indicting Trump over his efforts to remain in office after losing the 2020 election, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Americans are divided along party lines over Trump’s actions in election cases, AP-NORC poll shows

By Linley Sanders and Jonathan J. Cooper - Associated Press

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

Will Donald Trump show up at next week’s presidential debate? GOP rivals are preparing for it

By Steve Peoples and Hannah Fingerhut - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, June 21, 2016 file photo, Marjorie Jones Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony Lisspeaks, during a news conference after attending a Conversation on America's Future with Donald Trump and Ben Carson sponsored by United in Purpose in New York. Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser said Friday that her initial concerns were based on information &quot;from the rumor universe” during a tour of an anti-abortion pregnancy center with Loeffler and the man who appointed her, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Pro-life leaders press GOP candidates to defend abortion limits as state ballot fights loom

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

The Texas flag flies at half-staff on the Capitol, Sept. 14, 2006, in Austin, Texas. A Texas judge presiding over Republicans' widespread challenges to losses in the 2022 elections around Houston said Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023 he will likely not issue a decision for weeks in a trial that offered no evidence that paper ballot shortages last November affected the outcome. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck, file)

Judge declares new Texas election law unconstitutional; state says it will appeal ruling

By Juan A. Lozano - Associated Press

** FILE ** Former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)

The Trump Gang: 18 people who got snagged in the Georgia election case

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Crowds of people line up to get a ballot at a Republican caucus site, Feb. 23, 2016, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Dueling GOP presidential nominating contests in Nevada raise concerns about voter confusion

By Gabe Stern and Christina A. Cassidy - Associated Press

Law enforcement investigate the scene of a shooting involving the FBI, Aug. 9, 2023 in Provo, Utah. This week's confrontation that ended with FBI agents fatally shooting a 74-year-old Utah man who threatened to assassinate President Joe Biden was just the latest example of how violent rhetoric has created a more perilous political environment across the U.S. (Laura Seitz/The Deseret News via AP, File)

Rising political threats take U.S. into uncharted territory as 2024 election looms

By Nicholas Riccardi - Associated Press

The Texas flag flies at half-staff on the Capitol, Sept. 14, 2006, in Austin, Texas. A Texas judge presiding over Republicans' widespread challenges to losses in the 2022 elections around Houston said Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023 he will likely not issue a decision for weeks in a trial that offered no evidence that paper ballot shortages last November affected the outcome. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck, file)

Texas judge says no quick ruling expected over GOP efforts to toss 2022 election losses near Houston

Associated Press

Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Georgia, listens to a speaker at a press conference, May 4, 2021, in Marietta, Ga. Police have determined a House Republican who led a tour of the U.S. Capitol the day before the Jan. 6 attack was simply showing his constituents around and not suspicious. The tour by Loudermilk had drawn scrutiny from the congressional panel investigating the insurrection. (AP Photo/Ron Harris) **FILE**

House Republican charges J6 Committee failed to preserve records, withheld communication with W.H.

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times