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Why Biden Wanted to Debate Trump Early, and Why Trump Said Yes

WASHINGTON — Tens of millions of dollars of advertising has not changed President Joe Biden’s polling deficit. Donald Trump’s criminal trial has not altered the race’s trajectory. And Biden’s significant cash and infrastructure advantages have yet to pay political dividends. So on Wednesday, the one weekday Trump is not confined to a courtroom, the Biden […]

George Stephanopoulos Brings House Down With First Thing He’d Ask At Biden-Trump Debate

ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos admitted it’s highly unlikely that he’ll moderate one of President Joe Biden’s newly-announced 2024 presidential debates with presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, given how Trump is currently suing Stephanopoulos for defamation. But Stephanopoulos told “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert on Wednesday that he’d definitely be up for the role. And the […]

Airman’s death sparks debate over race and gun rights

For the past decade, “Stand Your Ground” laws have been invoked time and time again by gun owners who claim self-defense after carrying out shootings. Critics have denounced them as “shoot first” laws that have created a climate of vigilantism in which gun owners operate with impunity in killing largely Black people. The concept resurfaced […]

CNN announces moderators for Biden-Trump presidential debate

CNN hosts Jake Tapper and Dana Bash will moderate the first 2024 presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump next month, the network announced Wednesday. Biden and Trump agreed to participate in two separate debates within minutes of each other earlier Wednesday, one on June 27 on CNN and another on […]

Airman’s death sparks debate over race, gun rights and self-defense

For the past decade, “Stand Your Ground” laws have been invoked time and time again by gun owners who claim self-defense after carrying out shootings. Critics have denounced them as “shoot first” laws that have created a climate of vigilantism in which gun owners operate with impunity in killing largely Black people. The concept resurfaced […]

The Biden-Trump debate dates have been set

President Joe Biden and presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump will face off on June 27, after a public back-and-forth on Wednesday morning that culminated in both candidates agreeing to a CNN invitation for a debate. The debate will be held at 9 p.m. ET at the network’s studios in Atlanta. CNN said there will be […]

CNN sets first Biden-Trump presidential debate for June 27 in Atlanta

Donald Trump, then president, answers a question as Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, listens during the second and final presidential debate at Belmont University on Oct. 22, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Morry Gash-Pool/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — CNN announced on Wednesday morning that it will host a debate between President Joe Biden and […]