Republican Party presidential debates and forums

The Trump event took place as CNN held a debate between Trump’s Republican primary foes Florida Governor Ron DeSantis & former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley

The Republican presidential candidates vying to be the leading alternative to front-runner Donald Trump fought — sometimes bitterly — over abortion rights, U.S. support for Ukraine and the future of the party during the first primary debate of the 2024 campaign.

Former President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday that he will be skipping Wednesday's first Republican presidential primary debate — and others as well.

Donald Trump and Jeb Bush took the gloves off on Feb. 13 in the Republican presidential debate, with the billionaire frontrunner unleashing a tirade of intense and often personal attacks one week before the South Carolina primary.

Two more Republicans ended their White House runs Feb. 10, whittling down the field as the party's remaining candidates and Democrat Hillary Clinton look to blunt the momentum of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders down south.

Jeb Bush's U.S. presidential bid is boiling down to early voting New Hampshire, some associates say, while others envision his protracted battle for the Republican nomination stretching deep into the spring.

American billionaire Donald Trump, the dominant  Republican no one can stop talking about heading into the 2016 presidential election, is leaving his rivals far behind in the polls.
 

Republican front-runner Donald Trump defended his provocative call for banning Muslims from the United States in Dec. 15 night's presidential debate as the candidates pushed their own plans for fighting Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants.
     

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump stepped into a hornet's nest in the Sept.16 debate as rivals turned their sights on the billionaire, while Carly Fiorina showed she had earned her place on the main stage.

Organizers of a Republican event withdrew frontrunner Donald Trump's invitation on August 8 after he suggested that a presidential debate moderator was tough on him because she was menstruating.