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There’s widespread agreement that the Islamic State attacks in Paris could shake up the GOP primary. But nobody knows how.

Every four years in Iowa, Bob Vander Plaats seeks to put his conservative imprint on the Republican presidential race.

A former high-school principal and three-time failed candidate for Iowa’s governorship, Vander Plaats is one of the state’s most visible Christian conservative leaders.

USA TODAY GOP Power Rankings: Rubio up, but Paris dominates

The Paris terrorist attacks are likely to mark a fundamental turning point in the GOP presidential nominating contest, but thus far our political experts say it is unclear which candidate will benefit from that.

Despite surpassing Donald Trump as the Republican presidential front-runner nationally and in several early primary states, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson remains tied with the billionaire in the battleground state of Virginia.

Deadly attacks Friday night by the Islamic State in Paris have thrust foreign policy to the forefront of the 2016 presidential debate in the United States, providing an important gut-check moment for Republican voters who rank outsiders Donald Trump and Ben Carson as their top choices.

The Re­pub­lic­an pres­id­en­tial can­did­ates already pushed to the edges of the tele­vised de­bates found a sim­il­ar second-class re­cep­tion in Flor­ida Sat­urday, with smal­ler crowds and less me­dia cov­er­age.

After pulling punches at the debate, GOP candidates take the gloves off

Whatever reservations Donald Trump had about attacking Ben Carson during this week’s debate are gone. Last night, in a 95-minute rant at an Iowa community college, the billionaire businessman ripped into the retired neurosurgeon – who has eclipsed him in polls of likely caucus-goers – over his embellished personal narrative.