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The Republicans vie for airtime in the first debate of the 2024 campaign.

They may have convinced their donors that they can stick around a bit longer,

they might get a little boost in the polls, but it's unlikely that anybody is going to bridge

that gap with Trump. Plus a major labor dispute that threatened to send energy prices higher is

averted and China and Russia take on the West by expanding the BRICS group of developing nations.

It's Thursday, August 24th. I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal,

and here is the AM edition of What's News, the Top Headlines and Business Stories

moving your world today.

Nine Republican presidential candidates made their pitch to voters last night,

hoping to lead their party into a likely face-off with President Biden next November.

Eight of those candidates fought for airtime at a Fox News debate in Wisconsin,

while one frontrunner, Donald Trump, featured on a pre-taped interview with Tucker Carlson.

And a journal national political reporter Eliza Collins is here now to recap how both of those

political set pieces unfolded and what we learned about the state of the race along the way.

Eliza, how about we begin with the debate, which is what the Republican Party at least

wants to be the main attraction here. Debates have long been a key fixture of the primary process.

Did this one largely fit the mold?

It did. I mean, the candidates tried to talk about policy. They took shots at one another.

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