As the great Tom Waits once sang, in a tune that is all taunt, “Perhaps you were a little — hasty, hehehe.” Perhaps a lot of us were. In that Waits and Crystal Gayle song, “You Can’t Unring a Bell,” the point is that “you can’t take back the things you said,” either in pique […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The sound you might have heard after the presidential debate this past week was of voters falling between a rock and a hard place. Apart from the sizable and pumped-up universe of Donald Trump‘s supporters, the debate suddenly crystalized the worries of many Americans, a portion of President Joe Biden‘s supporters among […]
Jun. 28—When President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump squared off for Thursday night’s debate, many in Southwest Missouri were watching and grading the candidate of their choice. Jasper County Republicans held an unofficial watch party at the Union Station Cafe, 705 Illinois Ave. About 30 people attended. “I thought that Trump handled himself […]
NEW YORK (AP) — There were some exhaustive, independent fact checks of claims made during the CNN debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Trouble was, none of them were available to the millions of people watching the two presidents in real time. That was the result of CNN’s decision ahead of Thursday’s debate that […]
Joe Biden and Donald Trump faced off in the first 2024 presidential debate. Biden’s poor performance sparked panic among Democrats, and Trump lied throughout. Photographers across the US captured viewers’ reactions to the debate ranging from dread to alarm. Across the US, many viewers of the first 2024 presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald […]
US voters woke up to post-debate reviews of the first Biden-Trump debate with headlines that echoed Democrats’ anxiety that the incumbent president is too cognitively weak and physically frail to sustain another five months of political campaigning or another term in office. Those anxieties, multiple outlets reported, were being reflected in pressure from Democratic donors […]
Dow Jones futures improved to unchanged overnight, while S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures rose. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump faced off in their first 2024 debate Thursday night. The Fed’s favorite inflation gauge is on tap early Friday. ↑ X NOW PLAYING Nasdaq Makes It Three Straight, Eyes 18,000; Meta, Monday.com, […]
By Trevor Hunnicutt and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden and his Republican rival Donald Trump took the stage on Thursday night for a debate that offers voters a rare side-by-side look at the two oldest candidates ever to seek the U.S. presidency. Here are some of the major takeaways from […]
The first presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump is Thursday night. It’s the first time the two have met on a debate stage since 2020. Here’s what to know about tuning into the debate: When is the Biden-Trump presidential debate? The debate is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. CT. […]
Trump supporters are outraged that Thursday’s presidential debate will be fact-checked. On Wednesday, CNN senior reporter Daniel Dale posted that he’d be live fact-checking the debate, an extension of the work he already does fact-checking things Biden and Trump say. Twitter Screenshot @ddale8: Hello old pals! It’s been a delightful many months of not-tweeting, really […]
President Biden and former President Trump will take the stage Thursday evening for their first debate in the 2024 presidential election, an unusually early matchup signaling for many the summer campaign’s official beginning. While many voters feel they already know the two leading candidates well enough from their respective years in office, Thursday will provide […]
ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden and his Republican rival, Donald Trump, will meet for a debate on Thursday that offers an unparalleled opportunity for both candidates to try to reshape the political narrative. Biden, the Democratic incumbent, gets the chance to reassure voters that, at 81, he’s capable of guiding the U.S. through a […]