U.S Election

As Republican presidential candidates traded fire at their first debate, they mostly left their party’s dominant front-runner unscathed.

The former president isn’t on the stage with eight of his rivals, but he’s expected to heavily influence how the first Republican presidential primary debate unfolds.

Donald Trump said Sunday he will skip this week's first Republican presidential debate, arguing that Americans know him well and there is no need for a public showdown with his rivals for the White House.

Apparently riding anti-Washington sentiment, Donald Trump has not only locked up reliably Republican strongholds in the West, Midwest and South, he also has won what were considered key toss-up states including, Ohio, North Carolina and Florida. AP

The polling consensus is a lead for Hillary Clinton, but a few surveys are seeing a very different race

The press conference was highly-anticipated, particularly by the Clinton opposition, after former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone tweeted earlier this week: