First Republican debate of the 2016 presidential election

Presidential debate schedule, 2016

Here's this year's debate schedule.

Donald Trump's fight with Fox News and Megyn Kelly, explained

There's a reason Trump feels so betrayed by Fox News. Until Thursday, they were his best friends.

Trump's new misogynistic low: Fox's Kelly had "blood coming out of her ... wherever"

He's finding new ways to take his fight with Megyn Kelly into the gutter.

This chart shows the interchange of mentions and replies in the first Republican debate

The ratings for the first Republican debate were massive and unprecedented

It was the highest-rated cable news program ever, according to one report.

Donald Trump's reaction to how Fox News handled the debate is exactly what you'd expect

He's not happy.

The debate showed Scott Walker hasn't yet solved his biggest problem

Eventually he'll have to get people to pay attention to him.

Donald Trump had the best policy idea of anyone in last night's debate

The joke candidate offers a smart idea on health care. The serious ones offer joke ideas.

Let us now praise the Fox News debate moderators

They did a great job managing a stage of 10 candidates, Donald Trump's antics included.

Marco Rubio won last night’s Republican debate. Here’s why.

The first GOP debate was very good for Marco Rubio and ... not so good for Jeb Bush.

Donald Trump just gave a master class on how to get away with sexism

In the first GOP debate, Megyn Kelly challenged Donald Trump on his treatment of women. His response shows how sexism really works.

Donald Trump is an embarrassment who is impossible to embarrass. It's his superpower.

You cannot embarrass Donald Trump. He lives a life entirely without shame.

The Tea Party finally has its very own presidential candidate: Donald Trump

The Tea Party movement has graduated from disrupting town halls to winning congressional elections to affecting presidential primaries. Trump is proof of the evolution.

The first Republican presidential debate of the 2016 election, explained

Carly Fiorina, Marco Rubio, and maybe John Kasich won, and Fox took sides against Donald Trump.

Megyn Kelly and Marco Rubio got into it on abortion. Here's why.

The Florida senator wants to limit abortion as much as possible.

Donald Trump's 5 most ridiculous Republican debate moments

From refusing to rule out a third-party run to defending previous insults of women.

Donald Trump is winning the Google primary

America was Googling him before the debate, and they were definitely Googling him after the debate.

Mike Huckabee: The point of the military is to "kill people and break things"

Mike Huckabee on transgender soldiers: Military is to "kill people and break things."

Donald Trump: I've evolved on several issues — just like Ronald Reagan

Megyn Kelly asked, "When did you actually become a Republican?"

Here are all Donald Trump's insults to women that Megyn Kelly asked about

It's hardly a complete list of all his misogynistic statements.

Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio get in a fight about Common Core

"I think the states ought to create these standards," Bush said. "If states want to opt out of Common Core" — as seven states have — "fine, make sure your standards are high."

Marco Rubio explains why "build a fence" isn't an answer on border security

We've been building up border enforcement for 20 years. People go where enforcement isn't.

Donald Trump brags about having the “vision” to oppose war in Iraq a year after it started

Visionary.

Donald Trump: Single-payer "works well in Canada"

The businessman gave Canada's health-care system a surprising compliment at the Republican primary debate on Thursday night.

Basically everything in Donald Trump’s immigration answer was wrong

Take every claim he made, and just think of the opposite of that.