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Most of the Republican presidential candidates will appear in their fourth debate of the nomination process tonight. The main stage will feature a slimmed-down group, as two participants in previous debates, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, failed to qualify and will instead be relegated to the early event for lower-polling candidates.

The earlier debate will remain at four participants, however, as South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham and former New York Gov. George Pataki didn’t make ... Read More >>

USA TODAY GOP Power Rankings: SNL bumps Trump back up

Call it the Saturday Night Live effect: Donald Trump uses his appearance on the wheezing comedy show to vault back into first place in our weekly power rankings.

Our panel of political experts was pretty unanimous: show bad, Trump good.

What to Look for in Republican Debate Promising to Focus on Economy

Tuesday night’s Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee will bring the eight leading contenders together at a time when two are confronting questions about their pasts, one faces mounting doubts about his seriousness, and another who began the race as a favorite is under intense pressure to show he can be as forceful as he was cracked up to be.

Ted Cruz’s self-serving analysis of the Republican primary ‘lanes’

Ted Cruz is very, very good at the subtle dig.

Consider the third Republican debate, during which Cruz excoriated the moderators’ questions by repeating all of the comments they’d made to undermine his opponents.

What if a mainstream Republican wins neither Iowa nor New Hampshire? I’m not talking about a Donald Trump sweep. I’m talking about two factional candidates within the party trading victories: A social conservative (Ben Carson, say) wins Iowa, and a moderate (Chris Christie) wins New Hampshire.

Everything you need to know about Tuesday’s Republican debates

When is the next Republican presidential debate?

The fourth Republican presidential debate will be Tuesday, November 10th, live from the Milwaukee Theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Christie on track to get bumped from main stage at next GOP debate

It’s looking like Chris Christie may not make the prime-time debate stage at next week’s Fox Business Network/Wall Street Journal debate.

While Fox Business will not officially announce the lineup until Thursday, a new Fox News poll released late Wednesday puts the New Jersey governor at 2 percent.