Choosing billionaire Elon Musk to be what President-elect Donald Trump calls “our cost cutter” for the U.S. government, is not the first time an American president has empowered a business tycoon to look for ways to dramatically cut federal regulations.

President-elect Donald Trump says Elon Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency.”.

For a man who loves the spotlight, Donald Trump has been conspicuously out of view since his triumph in last week’s presidential election.

Nikki Haley received more Republican primary votes than anyone who challenged Donald Trump for this year’s presidential nomination and has said she's voting for him.

Republican Donald Trump is pushing supporters in Georgia to get out and vote for him in a state that could be crucial in the presidential election.

Virtually everyone calls the U.S. immigration system broken.

Usha Vance's presence in the Trump-Vance campaign has energized some Indian Americans, particularly Hindu American conservatives.

A rally for Vice President Kamala Harris in Georgia will show how Asian American voters are pivotal there.

Usha Chilukuri Vance has entered the spotlight this week as the wife of JD Vance, former President Trump’s running mate in the 2024 presidential election.

Republicans in Congress are embracing Donald Trump’s strategy of blaming the U.S. justice system after his historic guilty verdict.

Right-wing commentators and supporters of former President Donald Trump have flooded social media with images of upside-down American flags in protest of his historic guilty verdict.

All of Donald Trump’s top opponents for the Republican presidential nomination dropped out of the race weeks ago but will be back together on Kentucky’s primary ballot.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson is assailing the hush money trial case against Donald Trump as a "sham," the highest-ranking Republican to show up at court and attack the U.S. justice system.

Some conservatives on cable news or on social media have speculated that Taylor Swift is part of an elaborate plot to help Democrats win the November election.

A day after Donald Trump won Iowa’s caucuses, the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination has turned to New Hampshire.

Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy is suspending his 2024 Republican presidential campaign and endorsing former President Donald Trump.

Donald Trump cultivated a deep network of support in Iowa over his three presidential runs and that showed in the leadoff caucuses.

Former President Donald Trump has won Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis coming in second.

Monday marks the official start to the Republican presidential nominating contest with the Iowa caucuses.

Iowa Republicans will likely confront temperatures dipping below zero degrees Fahrenheit next week when they kick off the 2024 election cycle.

What's the difference between a caucus and a primary?

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley are set to appear at next week’s Republican presidential debate on CNN.

Presidential campaigns are hoping that an onslaught of themed merchandise will keep their message out under the Christmas tree.

Federal prosecutors say they charged a New Hampshire man with threatening to kill a presidential candidate ahead of a scheduled campaign event.

A trio of Republican presidential candidates shared stories of family and faith before hundreds of voters in northwest Iowa.

Two television networks have said they will hold separate Republican presidential debates at the same location in New Hampshire just ahead of that state’s GOP primary next month, but officials at Saint Anselm College said they were only aware of one of the events.

With the Iowa caucuses rapidly approaching, a shrinking field of Republican White House hopefuls gathered Wednesday in Alabama for the fourth presidential debate.

A diminishing field of Republican presidential candidates has begun its fourth debate of the 2024 primary campaign.

Wednesday will be an important time for four Republican candidates when the fourth debate of the election cycle takes place in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

The latest Republican presidential debate has demonstrated how firm Donald Trump's grip remains on their party.

The number of candidates on stage is shrinking, but the fundamentals of Wednesday’s Republican presidential debate may be familiar to anyone who has watched the previous three meetings.

Four candidates have qualified for the fourth Republican presidential debate.

Vivek Ramaswamy has failed to rise in the 2024 Republican presidential primary race and is increasingly risking becoming an afterthought.

The Republicans battling to be their party’s alternative to Donald Trump have brought personal and at times emotional stories to what an influential Iowa Christian organization billed as a friendly conversation.

Vivek Ramaswamy's Republican presidential campaign has seemingly mirrored his meteoric rise as a biotech entrepreneur.

Republican presidential candidates used the third debate of the GOP primary campaign to show their support for Israel and display at least some willingness to criticize Donald Trump, the front-runner in the race.

Republicans around the country were following two political events held on Wednesday night in Miami-Dade County. Both included personal insults and talk of war.

Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy’s final comments onstage at the third presidential debate hinted at far-flung conspiracy theories believed by some far-right Americans, including the idea that Joe Biden isn’t the real president.

Police officers surrounded the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County on Wednesday hours before the third Republican debate.

The debate will start at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday and take place in Miami.

It’s time for the third Republican presidential debate.

Five Republicans will appear on stage in Miami for the GOP’s third presidential primary debate.

Two of the Republicans running for president are Indian American, even though polling points to an Indian diaspora that overwhelmingly votes for Democrats.

Supporting Israel has leapt to a top priority for evangelicals in the leadoff Republican presidential caucuses in Iowa, now less than three months away.

Many of the Republican candidates running for president say they'd use military force against Mexico in response to the trafficking of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids.

Vivek Ramaswamy's presidential campaign says protesters upset about his remarks in opposition to aid for Ukraine purposely rammed his car in Iowa in retaliation, but police say there is no evidence to support the claim that the crash was intentional.

Most of the top Republican candidates running for president in 2024 reacted grimly to the ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy by a faction of hard-liners in their own party.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' aggressive start in the second Republican presidential debate was among its key takeaways.

A growing sense of urgency looms over the Republican Party’s second presidential primary debate as seven candidates seek momentum on a stage that will not feature the race’s frontrunner.

Several of Donald Trump’s rivals stepped up their attacks against him in the second Republican presidential debate.

The second Republican presidential debate is drawing near with a smaller on-stage lineup than last month's event.

As the debate neared its end, moderator Dana Perino asked the candidates to write down which of their on-stage competitors should be voted off the 2024 GOP island.

The debate starts at 9 p.m. ET and will take place at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. It is expected to last roughly two hours.

The field for the second Republican presidential debate will be smaller than the first.

Republican presidential hopefuls have largely shunned TikTok, the hugely popular video-sharing app that many conservatives accuse of being a spy mechanism for China.

The third Republican presidential debate will be held in Miami on Nov. 8, and candidates will be facing the most stringent requirements yet to take part.

Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy has taken a dig at former President Donald Trump.

The Biden administration is taking steps meant to strengthen protections for government employees as leading Republican presidential candidates, including Donald Trump, campaign on shrinking and remaking the federal workforce.

Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy says he wants to reduce the federal employee headcount by half in his first year in office and by 75% during his first term if he makes it to the White House.

Vivek Ramaswamy has charged back into Iowa after his attention-grabbing performance in the first Republican presidential debate.

Strong backing for Ukraine's effort to repel Russia's invasion has been the rare issue where President Joe Biden has mustered bipartisan support.

Former Vice President Mike Pence says viewers should expect to see the same, more combative candidate at the next GOP debate as he urged his former running-mate-turned-rival Donald Trump to join his competitors on stage next time around.

The first Republican presidential debate provided an opportunity for candidates to make their cases directly to a national audience, and some of that attention is translating into boosts for their campaign coffers.

The Republican Party's presidential candidates are struggling to address growing concerns about climate change.

Fox News reached an estimated 12.8 million viewers on two television channels and its streaming network for the first GOP presidential primary debate of the 2024 season, even though former President Donald Trump skipped it.

Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have dominated the Republican presidential nomination fight for much of the year, but neither dominated the debate stage.

Like all debates, this one was unruly at times.

Eight presidential candidates will meet on the debate stage for the first time in what may be the biggest moment in the GOP’s 2024 presidential primary so far.

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.

It’s almost time for the first Republican presidential debate.

Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy is working to convince more voters that he could be their nominee and — as much as he says he respects Donald Trump — would be a better 2024 candidate and president.

Vivek Ramaswamy, the 37-year-old biotech entrepreneur, is hovering among the top contenders as a Republican presidential candidate while being open about his Hindu faith.

Biotech entrepreneur and Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy is slated to headline a GOP fundraiser in South Carolina as he returns to campaigning in the first-in-the-South primary state.

A biotech entrepreneur and Republican presidential hopeful says he'd consider Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah among several possible conservative candidates should he get to nominate someone to the U.S. Supreme Court.

With six weeks until the first 2024 Republican presidential debate, some hopefuls are finding creative ways to boost their donor numbers and ensure they make it on stage.

Anyone who is not a politician but decides to run for the Oval Office usually has lots of money, and that is the case with Ramaswamy.

The 71-year-old Elder is familiar with the political world, but he comes from a much different perspective after spending a good portion of his life as a conservative talk show host and commentator.

Race has become a central issue in the 2024 presidential contest as the GOP’s primary field features six candidates of color.

Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy says he wants the U.S. voting age raised to 25.

Top Republicans, including some of Donald Trump’s potential rivals for the GOP's 2024 presidential nomination, are rushing to his defense after Trump said he's bracing for possible arrest.

Republicans who are seeking to lead their party in the 2024 presidential race are gathering in South Carolina this weekend.