Albert Quie, Conservative Who Was Ahead of His Time, Dies at 99 As a Republican member of the House of Representatives from Minnesota and as the state’s governor, he became identified with Christian piety and limited government.

Vivek Ramaswamy Is Happy to Be Talked About, Even if His Name Is Said Wrong At the debate and on the campaign trail, rivals, pundits and voters have stumbled on his name. (Rhymes with “cake,” he says.)

C.F.T.C. Weighs Proposal to Allow U.S. Betting on Control of Congress A New York exchange wants to allow high-dollar trading on the partisan divide on Capitol Hill, but lawmakers and watchdogs worry it could undermine public confidence in elections.

Retired Army Lawyer Will Oversee Pentagon’s War Court Susan Escallier, who served for 32 years, will be the new convening authority for the Sept. 11, U.S.S. Cole and Bali bombing cases at Guantánamo.

House Republicans Begin Investigating Willis Before Trump’s Atlanta Booking The launch of an inquiry into Fani Willis, the Fulton County, Ga., district attorney, was the latest example of how the former president’s allies in Congress are using their majority to try to protect him.

Explosion Likely Downed Plane Carrying Prigozhin, U.S. Officials Say The officials stressed that other theories about what brought down a plane in Russia are still being explored.

Pentagon Plans to Begin Training Ukrainian Pilots on F-16s in U.S. The decision is a shift from last week, when a U.S. official said the pilots could be trained in the United States if European training programs reached capacity.

How the Jackson Hole Conference Became an Economic Obsession Investors and economists are watching the event this week closely. How did a remote Wyoming conference become so central?

When Is the Second Debate, and Who Will Be There? The Republican National Committee will hold its second primary debate on Sept. 27 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California.

Most G.O.P. Candidates Say They Will Support Trump, With Show of Hands With a halting series of raised hands, candidates on the Republican debate stage illustrated the former president’s hold on the party.

Who Won the Debate? Commentators largely agreed that little seemed to alter the state of a race in which Donald J. Trump appears the runaway favorite.

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

At the Republican Debates, Most Candidates Picked the Color Red The Republican candidates may have sparred at the first debate of the 2024 presidential campaign, but most agreed on a color.

Live Tracking Each Candidate’s Speaking Time in the Republican Debate See who is getting the most speaking time and what topics the candidates are discussing.

“Joe Biden’s Bidenomics has led to the loss of $10,000 of spending power for the average family.” Tim Scott blames pandemic rescue for inflation.

Who Are Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, the Debate Moderators? Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, Fox News mainstays, will preside over the first Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee.

Here’s how to watch the first Republican presidential debate. The first debate is Wednesday night from 9 to 11 p.m. Eastern. Donald Trump has taped an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that is scheduled to air simultaneously.

What Are the Rules for the Republican Debate? The candidates will not make opening statements, but will have 45 seconds for closing statements. They will have one minute to answer a question, and 30 seconds for follow-ups.

DeSantis’s Debate Mission: Prove He’s the Top Trump Alternative Allies believe the Florida governor needs to reassure skittish donors and supporters alike that he can square off with Mr. Trump.

The First Debate and the Race for Second Place Being No. 2 could be especially important next year, and Ramaswamy has been gaining on DeSantis.