Republican Debate on Fox News Doesn’t Need Trump to Notch Top Ratings

California Governor Gavin Newsom said that plans are still in the works for a debate with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, but he told Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd that arrangements hit a snag over a “venue issue.”

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Fox News opinion host Mark Levin is getting a bigger perch on the network’s weekend schedule. Fox News said it plans to expand his program, “Life, Liberty & Levin” so that it will air at 8 p.m.

Donald Trump is challenging Meghan Markle to a debate.

Ivanka Trump has now started a new life chapter in Miami with her husband Jared Kushner and their kids, with many wondering if Tiffany Trump intended to become the new “First Daughter,” amid a rumored ongoing feud between the half-sisters.DONALD TRUMP’S EX-WIFE MARLA GOES ON ‘SMOOTH RIDE’ FOR A GOOD CAUSEIVANKA TRUMP AND JARED KUSHNER SPOTTED CHECKING OUT THEIR NEW MIAMI MANSIONTIFFANY TRUMP’S FRIENDS: WHO IS WHO IN HER SOCIALITE FRIEND GROUP?However, it seems like there is a new update after their dad Donald Trump’s four indictments and the scrutiny of the presidential family following the media attention and their lives in the public eye. An insider to the family has revealed that this has made Ivanka and Tiffany grow closer despite claims that they had a rocky relationship in the past.“They used to not get along but now they’re bonded over their shared trauma of being the most hated kids in America,” the close source revealed to People.

Fox News Media’s Stuart Varney and Dana Perino and Univision’s Ilia Calderón will moderate the next Republican presidential debate, set for Sept. 27 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, CA.

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is carrying out a review to establish whether it requires more news channel presenters as five senior female anchors remain in the dark about their future.

features an AI-generated Donald Trump dunking on the “radical left” and the latest batch of criminal charges against the former president and current 2024 contender has landed a No. 2 spot on the iTunes rap chart.“First Day Out” by artist Hi-Rez — masquerading as “Trump the Don” — skyrocketed to the top of the Hip-Hop charts since it was released last week as Trump was taking his infamous mug shot inside a Georgia jail.In a near-perfect digital imitation of the former president, Hi-Rez imagines how Trump must have felt after being booked and released on bond over charges of trying to overturn the 2020 election in the state.“Out on bail, out on bail. I won’t see inside a cell,” the eerily-accurate AI-generated voice chants.“Imma beat them RICO charges.

Donald Trump’s multiple indictments helped propel MSNBC to significant viewership gains during the month of August, while its rivals lost audience compared to the same period a year earlier.

Eminem doesn’t want Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to use his music anymore.

US presidential wannabe Vivek Ramaswamy has been told to stop using Eminem’s music at his political events. The rapper’s decision to seek to block Ramaswamy from using his music at his rallies is very possibly a response to his political agenda. Although he may also have been motivated by the political hopeful’s rather cringey performance of ‘Lose Yourself’ at the recent Iowa State Fair.Political newcomer and entrepreneur Ramaswamy has been gaining attention as one of the people hoping to stand as the Republican candidate in the next US presidential election with his efforts to pander to Donald Trump’s core base.

Fox News drew more than 12.8 million viewers in its coverage of the first 2024 Republican presidential debate.

Among the non-economic issues discussed by the eight candidates who appeared on stage Wednesday night for the first Republican Party 2024 presidential primary debate, abortion loomed larger than other topics including LGBTQ rights.

It was not until the Republican presidential debate entered its second hour that Fox News anchor Bret Baier addressed “the elephant not in this room” — the indictments of no-show Donald Trump.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic Wednesday night’s Republican debate on Fox News — the first of the 2024 election cycle — ended up, perhaps predictably, feeling like the undercard. After all, it isn’t just that the frontrunner for the Republican nomination for president, Donald Trump, wasn’t on the stage, by his own choice.

UPDATE: Debate moderator Martha MacCallum tried out the first raised hand question of the evening, asking the candidates, “Do you believe human behavior is causing climate change? Raise your hand if you do.”

Jumping the gun on Fox News’ GOP debate tonight, Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson made it clear to Rupert Murdoch that revenge is a dish best served online. Running like an incumbent with no desire to share the spotlight with Vice Presidents wannabes, Trump easily dominated the debate by never showing up.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The first debate consisting of Republicans competing for the 2024 presidential bid is finally here. This year’s primary Republican debate will take place tonight, Wednesday, Aug.

The first Republican debate of the 2024 presidential election primary cycle is Wednesday, August 23 beginning at 9 p.m. ET, airing live from Milwaukee, WI, exclusively on Fox News Channel and streaming on Fox Nation and Rumble.

As much of the political press descends on Milwaukee, many of the stories coming out of the Fiserv arena have to do with the candidate who won’t be there: Donald Trump.

Donald Trump says that he won’t participate in the first Republican debate, but seven of his rivals will be on the debate stage.