Sources: The Guardian
The Commission on Presidential Debates officially announces the invitation of Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton, and GOP nominee Donald Trump, to the first presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, on September 26. However, third-party candidates, Gary Johnson and Jill Stein, have not met the criteria, and will not be participants in the debate. 2016-09-16
U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump meets with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in Mexico City after accepting an invitation from him. 2016-08-31
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he plans to ban immigration from Afghanistan, Iraq, Morocco, Pakistan, the Philippines, Somalia, Syria, Uzbekistan and Yemen. 2016-08-5
Donald Trump accepts the nomination of the Republican Party in the 2016 US Presidential election. 2016-07-21
Conservative leaders seeking an alternative to the Republican Party's presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump are urging Tennessee attorney and "National Review" writer David French to enter the 2016 presidential race as an independent candidate. 2016-05-31
Donald Trump is forecast to win the Republican Party primaries in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Rhode Island and Connecticut based on exit polls and results. 2016-04-26
Paul Ryan, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, rules out seeking or accepting the Republican Party nomination in 2016. 2016-04-12
Republican candidate Ted Cruz fires campaign spokesman Rick Tyler who posted incorrect information on Twitter about candidate Marco Rubio. 2016-02-22
Scott Walker, the Governor of Wisconsin, announces that he will be seeking the Republican Party nomination. 2015-07-13