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Republican presidential candidates (L-R) Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speak during a commercial break in the Fox Business Network Republican presidential debate at the North Charleston Coliseum and Performing Arts Center on January 14, 2016 in North Charleston, South Carolina.

Republicans now see a Trump-Cruz race, with time for a shift running out

May 14, 2019 at 5:47 a.m.

As the presidential primary race moves into a more urgent and combative phase, there is growing acceptance among Republicans, including the Washington and financial elite, that Donald Trump and Ted...

Nikki Haley’s inclusive address reveals GOP divide

May 14, 2019 at 5:47 a.m.

The celebration by Republican elites was instant, and so was the backlash on the far right.South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, the youthful daughter of Indian immigrants, had delivered a sunny...

Republican presidential candidates, from left, John Kasich, Carly Fiorina, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, and Rand Paul take the stage during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Venetian Hotel & Casino on Dec. 15, 2015.

One year, two races: Inside the Republican Party’s bizarre, tumultuous 2015

June 22, 2019 at 4:15 a.m.

June 15, 2015 It is an oppressively humid day in South Florida and Jeb Bush has come home to declare his candidacy for president. The big crowd assembled at Miami...

Lindsey Graham gestures during the Republican presidential debate at the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas on Dec. 15, 2015.

Lindsey Graham ends bid for GOP presidential nomination

June 25, 2019 at 4:39 a.m.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., ended his long-shot presidential bid Monday, telling supporters in a web video that he succeeded in changing the conversation about how to fight the Islamic State....

Republican presidential candidates appear during the CNBC Republican presidential debate at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Oct. 28, 2015.

GOP contenders demand greater control over crucial debates

May 14, 2019 at 5:35 a.m.

Several Republican presidential campaigns began mapping out new demands on Sunday for greater control over the format and content of primary debates, which have attracted big audiences and become strategically...

As Republicans take the debate stage, all eyes will be on Donald Trump

August 18, 2019 at 8:13 p.m.

Jeb Bush has been practicing all summer for this moment: his first big chance to convince voters he is a reliable problem solver fit to sit in the Oval Office....

Same-sex marriage snarling GOP hopefuls

May 14, 2019 at 5:16 a.m.

Republican presidential hopefuls are struggling with how to position themselves on same-sex marriage, an issue that is bedeviling a party hoping to avoid social controversies as the 2016 election approaches....

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence holds a news conference at the Statehouse in Indianapolis, Thursday, March 26, 2015.

Indiana law draws Republican White House hopefuls into the culture wars

June 24, 2019 at 9:49 p.m.

The national debate over an Indiana religious-liberties law seen as anti-gay has drawn the entire field of Republican presidential contenders into the divisive culture wars, which badly damaged Mitt Romney...

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee launched his second bid for the White House on May 5, 2015. Huckabee suspended his campaign on Feb. 1, 2016, after the Iowa caucuses. Huckabee, a favorite among social conservatives, finished second in the 2008 Republican primaries to John McCain.

Cruz to become first major candidate to jump into 2016 race

August 18, 2019 at 7:01 p.m.

The 2016 contest for the White House will get its first official big-name entrant on Monday, in a move likely to upend the dynamics of the nascent presidential race. Sen....

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks during the Freedom Summit in Des Moines, Iowa.

GOP presidential candidates face delicate balancing act

June 22, 2019 at 4:52 p.m.

The most wide-open Republican presidential nomination campaign in memory had its unofficial opening here on Saturday at a gathering that highlighted anew the thorny path ahead for candidates as they...

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