Donald Trump said Sunday he will skip this week's first Republican presidential debate, arguing that Americans know him well and there is no need for a public showdown with his rivals for the White House.

Apparently riding anti-Washington sentiment, Donald Trump has not only locked up reliably Republican strongholds in the West, Midwest and South, he also has won what were considered key toss-up states including, Ohio, North Carolina and Florida. AP

The polling consensus is a lead for Hillary Clinton, but a few surveys are seeing a very different race

The press conference was highly-anticipated, particularly by the Clinton opposition, after former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone tweeted earlier this week: