Former Vice President Mike Pence said he hopes former President Donald Trump will make a last-minute announcement and join the first Republican primary presidential debate.

Roughly half a dozen Republican White House contenders are desperately trying to make the stage for Wednesday’s Fox News-hosted first GOP presidential nomination debate.

FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said disaster relief funding could have a shortage by mid-September after Hawaii's wildfires and California's storm.

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said he’s "fine" with former President Donald Trump not showing up at the first debate despite singing a different tune in May.

Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy on Sunday said Donald Trump should drop out of the presidential race amid the former president's mounting legal troubles and the belief that he's unable to beat President Biden.

Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson revealed Sunday he's qualified for Wednesday's first GOP presidential debate in Milwaukee and will sign the party's required loyalty pledge.

The overwhelming majority of Republican voters, 91%, said in a CBS News/YouGov poll released Sunday that they want GOP presidential candidates in next week's first debate to make the case for themselves rather than go after Donald Trump.

More than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion, the issue has at times dominated the discussion among the Republicans seeking their party's 2024 presidential nomination and is sure to be on display during the first GOP campaign debate Wednesday in Milwaukee.