The second Republican primary debate was more muted than the first with about half as many direct attacks among the seven contenders.

The speech at a nonunionized car parts facility on Wednesday marked the unofficial kickoff of a general election rematch with President Biden.

The former South Carolina governor slammed her 2024 rivals, but stopped short of calling out Trump directly.

Here’s our roundup of fishy claims in the second GOP debate of the 2024 election cycle.

Candidates refused to name a fellow competitor on the debate stage whom they would have step out of the race.

Nikki Haley and Donald Trump won. Debating and Ron DeSantis lost.

Second presidential debate, again without Donald Trump, was an echo of the first as candidates jockeyed to be the chief alternative to the frontrunner.

The Washington Post’s most experienced political reporters engage in a real-time conversation about what they see on the Republican debate stage.

GOP presidential hopefuls try to seize on one of their dwindling chances to make an impression as Trump again skips the debate.

Republican presidential candidates sparred Wednesday over whether to continue supporting Ukraine’s efforts to defend itself again an ongoing Russian invasion.

Ramaswamy, the son of Indian immigrants, said children of undocumented immigrants born in the United States should not be granted citizenship, because their parents “broke the law” to be in the country.

Former president Donald Trump, who skipped the second GOP debate, faced attacks for his absence from rivals lagging behind him in the polls.

The candidates focused their criticism on President Biden and the striking union members.

At the second GOP presidential primary debate Wednesday, candidates blamed President Biden’s policies for the possibility of a shutdown — but also used the question to call out former president Donald Trump for skipping the event.

The change was made following days of upheaval sparked by Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer’s decision to stop enforcing the requirement of business attire.

Trump attacked the veteran jurist and demanded recusal within days of his Aug. 1 indictment for obstructing the 2020 election.

Seven GOP candidates debated at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California’s Simi Valley while former president Donald Trump skipped the debate and instead delivered a speech in Michigan.

Police said criminals used a protest over a ruling in the fatal police shooting of Eddie Irizarry as cover to loot several stores in Philadelphia on Tuesday.

House Republicans are driving the GOP toward its “third kick of the mule” in 10 years — set to force another shutdown, starting Sunday, in which their Senate counterparts are pleading with them to abort the obviously bad mission.

Hispanic leaders offered mixed responses around the legal peril Menendez now faces after a long career as a leading voice on issues affecting the Latino community.