What to know going into the first GOP primary debate

While most Americans are yawning through the waning days of late August, the political world is buzzing with one indictment after another and now, next week, the first Republican primary debate in Milwaukee. While eight candidates have qualified for the debate, the leading one—former President Donald Trump—may not show up. […] Read more »

The Republican Presidential Primary: Still Early, but Maybe Getting Late

Key Points• The calendar year before the presidential primary voting begins is often defined by winnowing, as contenders emerge and then fade.• But Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis are taking up so much oxygen that we may already have the top contenders, with everyone else who runs essentially an afterthought.• […] Read more »