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In the wake of Donald Trump’s announcement that he is canceling his proposed Republican presidential debate after a poor response from candidates, he released an impassioned rant against those who mock him. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump says he is pulling out of a Republican presidential debate he had agreed to moderate in Iowa. (more)

All but two of the GOP presidential hopefuls have declined NewsMax’s invitation to participate in a debate moderated by real estate mogul Donald Trump. On Friday’s broadcast of “Imus in the Morning,” Trump expressed his disappointment in Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann for declining to attend, saying that she had previously asked him about being her running mate. (more)

It looks like former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum will be the only candidates joining Donald Trump for the reality television star’s presidential debate. (more)

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney told Fox News’ Neil Cavuto on Tuesday that he will not participate in an upcoming debate moderated by conspiracy theorist, businessman of questionable worth and “short-fingered vulgarian” Donald Trump. (more)

Donald Trump is hosting a debate, and fear is in the air. (more)

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman was the first candidate to swear off Donald Trump’s GOP debate, and he drove home the point on Monday morning by declaring he wasn’t going to kiss The Donald’s ass — or something. (more)

In response to comments from Karl Rove that candidates should skip the debate at the end of December to be moderated by Donald Trump, Trump said that in his opinion Rove was “highly overrated,” and “basically is a loser.” Rove says that  a Trump-moderated debate would trivialize the process (more)

Donald Trump’s attempt to re-enter the Republican presidential nomination contest — not as a candidate but this time as a kingmaker — seems to be wearing on the pundit class, and has also rankled Ron Paul. The GOP Texas congressman told CNN’s Candy Crowley on Sunday’s “State of the Union” that a Trump-moderated debate would hurt the brand of the Republican Party. (more)

In his regular appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” Washington Post columnist George Will discussed the fate of former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, saying that Cain’s departure and Donald Trump’s relevance raise a larger issue pertaining to how to prevent the debate process from being “hijacked.” (more)

Prominent conspiracy theorist, reality TV show host and “financially embattled thousandaire” Donald Trump will attempt to moderate a Republican presidential debate in Iowa later this month, The New York Times reports. (more)

New Yorkers are in for the mother of all traffic nightmares Wednesday night, when the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree-lighting coincides with a Barack Obama fundraiser just a few blocks away. The double-booking has drawn criticism from area business leaders, Republican Party officials and now business mogul Donald Trump, who attacked the president’s decision in a YouTube video on Tuesday. (more)

Veteran Republican strategist Roger Stone says a serious libertarian third-party candidate could pose a “great danger” to the GOP’s hopes of winning back the White House in 2012. (more)

Billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump wants to get into the online gambling business, and his daughter Ivanka Trump, executive vice president of development and acquisitions for the Trump Organization, suggests it would be a revenue generator for governments. (more)

Former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele is the latest GOPer to weigh in on the Occupy Wall Street protests. (more)

Moammar Gadhafi’s death is not enough for Donald Trump, who says the United States did not get enough for the kill. (more)

New York real estate mogul Donald Trump joked Monday night that some of the Occupy Wall Street protesters he has seen have no idea why they are protesting and are actually so wealthy and well-dressed that he wants to know who makes their suits. (more)

Donald Trump, the ”Celebrity Apprentice” host and GOP kingmaker — or queenmaker, perhaps — will join Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann on Monday for a nationwide tele-town hall, her campaign announced Saturday. (more)

Low in the polls, but still hot on the campaign trail, GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann met with Donald Trump Thursday morning for the third time. (more)

NORTHFIELD, N.H. — Former Utah Gov. John Huntsman told reporters Monday afternoon that he favors permanently ending the Department of Energy loan guarantee program under which the now-bankrupt Solyndra obtained $535 million in taxpayer funds. (more)